§ Mr. HORNERasked the Under-Secretary for War whether a great number of applicants for commissions, hitherto without military training, have been informed that their names have been placed on a waiting list; and, if so, whether arrangements will be made whereby such applicants will be afforded opportunities of 821W qualifying themselves in military instruction and training during the waiting period, as for example, by being allowed to attach themselves, on certain conditions, to existing regiments in localities where they reside?
§ Mr. TENNANTA list of those without previous military training who have made application is kept, but inclusion in this list does not necessarily mean that a commission will be offered. It therefore would not be possible for the War Office regularly to provide military training for such applicants, but it is open to them, if eligible, to join one of the many contingents of the Officers' Training Corps.