§ Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Secretary of State for War whether he has yet made inquiries as to how many men are still in prison in Egypt for refusing to accept transference from the Royal Army Medical Corps to combatant units; how long these men have been in prison, and whether he has yet ordered their immediate release?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI am informed that at the beginning of April there were thirteen men imprisoned in Egypt. These have now been ordered home to complete their terms of imprisonment in English prisons. It is not possible, without further inquiry, to give the exact date of each court-martial, but all the men were dealt with during, June, July, and August, 1918. I regret that I cannot see my way to order immediate release in these cases.