HC Deb 29 July 1918 vol 109 cc60-1W
Colonel WEDGWOOD

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether cadets in Officers' Training Schools are now prohibited from travelling by train during their week-end leave; and, if so, why?

Mr. MACPHERSON

The answer to the first part of my hon. and gallant Friend's question is in the affirmative. This applies to all troops serving in the United Kingdom, and is not confined to cadets. It was found necessary, in order to relieve the congestion on the railways, to issue instructions that week-end leave should not be granted if it involved railway journeys on Saturdays, Sundays, or Mondays.