Lieut.-Colonel MURRAYasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office whether discharge by purchase from the Army will be re-opened on the 30th April, 1920; to whom should a father, anxious to purchase the discharge of his son, make application; and what is the price of purchase in the case of a private in the transport section?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLAs already stated, discharge from the Army by purchase will be reopened as from the 30th April, and application should be made to the soldier's Commanding Officer. The rates of purchase money are under consideration, and an announcement will be made shortly.