§ Commander OLIVER LOCKER-LAMPSONasked the Secretary of State for War whether there is a desire on the part of demobilised ex-soldiers to keep up their training without, in most cases, any desire for pay; and whether facilities can be granted whereby such ex-soldiers may drill with Territorial units locally?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSI am not aware of the general existence of such a desire. Many anomalies and inconveniences might result from allowing men to train with the forces as civilians without military status or obligations, and I hope therefore that ex-soldiers who wish to keep up their training will do so by joining the Territorial Army.