§ Sir WILLIAM BULLasked the Under-Secretary of State for War, in regard to the Army Order issued on the 9th October, 1918, modifying the conditions governing the award of the Territorial Force efficiency medal to warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the Territorial Force, if there is any reason why these provisions should not be extended to allow of the medal being awarded to men, whether they resigned or not before the War, who have since received commissioned rank?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONOfficers of the Territorial Force are eligible for the award of the Territorial Officers' Decoration and previous service in the ranks counts as qualifying service under certain conditions. As I stated in reply to the hon. Member for Exeter, on the 5th instant, the Royal Warrant governing the decoration is at present being amended, and it is proposed that embodied service as an officer should count double and embodied rank service as full qualifying service for the decoration.