§ Mr. F. C. THOMSONasked the Secretary of State for War why numbers of the Royal Army Medical Corps men who enlisted in 1914 and 1915 have been informed that there is no prospect of their demobilisation at present; and whether the same rules are being applied to their release as prevails in other branches of the Service?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLMen of the Royal Army Medical Corps who are eligible for demobilisation are being demobilised as rapidly as the exigencies of the Service permit. If temporarily required for the military machinery of demobilisation, they are liable to retention until they can be replaced or their services dispensed with, but every effort is being made to replace so retained as early as possible.