§ Colonel ASHLEYasked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware of the con tents of the Adjutant-General in India's letter, No. 49,259/1 (A.G. 5), dated 28th May, 1917, in which warrant officers, non commissioned officers, and men who volunteered for training as pilots in the Royal Flying Corps were promised commissions as second-lieutenants on the general list on passing a six weeks' cadet course in Egypt under certain conditions; whether no notification was given that these conditions had been altered when the Royal Flying Corps was absorbed in the Royal Air Force until the issue of the Adjutant-General in India's No. 56,699/ A.G. 1, dated 27th September, 1918; whether,' in the meantime, many of those concerned had fulfilled the conditions to qualify for a commission under which they accepted training; and, under these circumstances, will he cause an inquiry to be made with a view to the original contract being carried out?
§ Major-General SEELYI regret that up to the present I have not been 2159W able to complete my inquiries into the points raised by my hon. and gallant Friend. I will, however if he will permit me, communicate with him as soon as the information I require is available.