§ Captain CLIVEasked the Secretary of State for War how many railway men it is proposed to specially enlist in the Army Reserve; whether any will be enlisted as non-commissioned officers or officers; what will be the rates of pay; whether this will be more or less than that of the Reserve of the Crewe Railway Battalion; what force the men will join on mobilisation, or whether they will be organised as one or more separate battalions; when recruiting will be opened; and whether it will be open to all railway men?
§ Colonel SEELYThe establishment of this Railway Reserve will be 345. There will be no officers, and about half of the number will be non-commissioned officers. The rate of pay will be 6d. a day—which is the ordinary Army Reserve rate. The1374W Reserves will join the Regular Railway j Companies Royal Engineers on mobilisation. A memorandum containing the conditions of enlistment, etc., is now being drafted.