§ Mr. PAGETasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Private W. H. Steam, of the Suffolk Yeomanry, was sent overseas on 31st May; that he had not then attained the age of eighteen; that application has been made on his behalf and an intimation received that he is being employed at the back of the firing line; that the boy's parents wish him sent home immediately; and will he say why the boy is being detained?
§ Mr. FORSTERAn application on this man's behalf was received on the 19th ultimo and was immediately forwarded to the Officer in Charge, Territorial Force Records, at. Warley, for the necessary action in accordance with the instructions 1065W given. If the boy is under eighteen years of age he will, if willing, be sent home and transferred to Class W Reserve. If he is now eighteen he will be employed somewhere behind the firing line until he is nineteen, in accordance with the rules now in force.