§ Earl WINTERTONasked the Secretary of State for War if in future Yeomanry officers attending schools of instruction will only receive pay and allowances if their service at the school involves loss of or interference with normal civil employment?
§ Mr. HALDANEThe regulation mentioned, concerning the grant of pay and allowance, applies only to day schools, and is applicable to any Yeomanry officers attending such schols.
§ Mr. LAWSONasked for what purpose it has been thought necessary to obtain offers to serve abroad in case of national emergency from officers and men of the Yeomanry Force; whether it is intended to use such detachments to make up the strength of cavalry regiments in the Expeditionary Force; and, if so, whether they will be used as drafts or in what way they will be organised?
§ Mr. HALDANEOffers to serve abroad in case of national emergency have been made spontaneously by individuals and units of the Territorial Force undr the provisions of Section XIII., 2a, Territorial and Reserve Forces Act, 1907. The conditions under which such offers can be accepted and the methods of officially recognising such offers have recently been made clear by Army Order 3 of 1910. It is impossible to state how their services would be utilised until the emergency actually arises, but I would like to point out that, as stated in paragraph 5 of the Army Order, officers and men undertaking this engagement cannot, under such engagement, be drafted as individuals to any unit other than their own.