§ Sir R. Askeasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the city of Newcastle-on-Tyne has had the distinction of being the first centre in the country to raise its full Territorial Army establishment; and whether he will take steps to sanction the raising of a third Territorial unit in that city?
§ Mr. Hore-BelishaNewcastle-on-Tyne reported on 16th May that all its Territorial units were up to their establishments. It was the first city to do so, and a telegram of congratulation was sent. In this and other similar cases, men offer- 2127W ing themselves for enlistment for whom no vacancies exist in any local unit are, if eligible, placed on a waiting list.