§ Sir J. D. REESasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the Government of India refuses to allow junior officers of the Forest Department to volunteer for the War: whether the training of these officers well fits them for warfare; and whether the Secretary of State will suggest to the Government of India that some of them might be spared?
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§ Mr. C. ROBERTSThree junior officers of the Indian Forest Department have been given permission to join the forces. Generally, as regards officers in this and other Civil departments in India the Government of India prefer, for reasons which have approved themselves to the Secretary of State, that so far as they can be spared from their civil duties they should join the Indian Army Reserve of officers and be appointed to Indian units.