HC Deb 25 February 1919 vol 112 c1597W
Earl WINTERTON

asked the Secretary for War what steps are being taken to deal with the large number of applications from officer cadets, who have passed their final test and were demobilised after the Armistice, whowish to obtain commissions in the Regular Army?

Captain GUEST

At present the only channel for entry to the commissioned ranks of the Regular Army is through the military colleges, and to meet the claims of those who have served or are still serving in His Majesty's Farces the age for admission to the examination has, in their cases, been raised to twenty-one years.