§ Major COPEasked the Secretary of State for War whether, as officers of the Territorial Forces transferred to the Regular Army during the War are obliged to count their services in the Territorial Forces towards the qualifying period to sit on courts-martial and for other unpleasant duties, he will consider the advisability of allowing such officers to count a proportion of their pre-war, and the whole of their mobilised, service with the Territorial Forces towards the qualifying period of fifteen years for a pension?
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§ Mr. FORSTERIf a Territorial officer is transferred to a Regular commission he already counts all previous mobilised service. I am unable to entertain the suggestion that non-mobilised service should count.