§ Mr. MILLSasked the Under-Secretary for War what number of employés (by ranks) in Government offices and Departments belong to the Territorial Force, and what number in dockyards and other employments from which they could not be spared in time of war; and what arrangements, if any, have been made to replace these men on mobilisation?
§ Colonel SEELYThere is no detailed information available at the War Office to show the numbers of Territorials serving in Government Offices or Departments. The War Office and Admiralty restrict the numbers permitted to join the Territorial Force within certain prescribed limits in order to avoid difficulties arising on mobilisation. No large deficiency could occur in the ranks of the Territorial Force by reason of men not being available for mobilisation owing to the exigencies of their civil employment in Government Offices or Departments.