HC Deb 21 February 1918 vol 103 cc937-8W
Mr. JOWETT

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he is aware that South African British soldiers who have been weakened physically as the result of malaria or dysentery whilst on active service in East Africa are invalided home and at the end of two months, during which period they are kept on full pay, are then discharged from the Army; and whether, having regard to the effect of these diseases on the general health of those who have been attacked by them, he will arrange that the soldiers who have gone from here to East Africa and have since suffered seriously from the effects of the diseases in question shall at least be brought back and put on garrison duty at home?

Mr. MACPHERSON

I am not quite clear as to what my hon. Friend means by the term "South African British soldiers," but the matter appears to be one for the Union authorities.