§ Sir C HENRYasked the Undersecretary of State for War whether, when a soldier serving in India has been recommended for a commission and on account of age is not eligible to receive one 56W in the Indian Army, arrangements will be made that he shall be transferred from India in order that he may obtain his due recognition and be granted a commission?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONAny soldier who is ineligible on account of age for a commission in the Indian Army, but conforms in all respects to the qualifications necessary for a temporary commission in the British Army, can, if recommended by his Commanding Officer and the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief in India, be sent home for admission to an officer cadet unit to train for commissioned rank, though, if he is a candidate for an Infantry commission, he would normally be sent for his course of training to the officer cadet unit which now exists in India for the purpose of training candidates for that arm. The same procedure applies in the case of the grant of a permanent commission in the Regular Army to soldiers serving on normal Army engagements, with the exception that, if the recommendation of the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief in India is approved, the soldier is not sent home for further training.