§ Mr. WATTasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether any test of skill was made of the men of the Army Service Corps (Motor Transport) before they were transferred to the Infantry from the mechanical department for which they had been definitely engaged; if so, what was that test, was it physical or on mechanical skill, and, if the latter, what 59W method was adopted; and was the same rule applied to men who had been three years at the base and who had been Government taught as to the others?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe men transferred from the Army Service Corps were selected primarily on account of their physical fitness for service with a combatant unit. I am not aware whether any difference was made between men who had been Government taught and other category A men of the Army Service Corps, but as the transfers were made on medical grounds, I think it may be assumed that no such difference was made.