§ Mr. CAIRNSasked the Secretary of State for War if the promise has been carried out in respect of the instruction and education to be continued to young soldiers who were called up and sent away to the Army of Occupation on the Rhine and elsewhere; if so, how many embraced the opportunity; and what are the results, such as chemists, doctors, teachers, etc.?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe answer to the first part of the hon. Member's question is in the affirmative. With reference to the second part, the greatest number of soldiers who embraced educational opportunities in the Army of the Rhine in any one month was 75,000, and up to last August, before the numbers on the Rhine began gradually to diminish, the monthly average was 53,150. I am not clear as to the exact meaning of the last part of the hon. Member's question; it is obvious that neither chemists, doctors, nor teachers can be fully trained in a few months. It is, however, possible to say that a considerable proportion of the students above mentioned were definitely assisted in beginning or continuing such training.