§ Mr. ALDENasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether boys of eighteen are being sent to France after only having had fourteen weeks' training; and what 523W is the earliest possible age after joining up at eighteen that they can be sent into the firing line?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe minimum age at which lads are being sent to France for service in the Infantry is eighteen and a half years, and the minimum period of training for such lads is four months. I can assure my hon. Friend that no lads have been sent to France unless they are sufficiently trained to take their place in the firing line.