§ Mr. GANGEasked the Secretary of State for War if men of the Royal Air Force who have been overseas for eighteen.-months without leave are denied upon demobilisation the three weeks extra leave granted to all other ranks under Army Instruction No. 851 of 1918; and, if so, if he will explain the reason for this treatment?
§ Major-General SEELYThe leave referred to in Army Council Instruction No. 851 is not additional leave on demobilisation, beyond the twenty-eight days demobilisation leave, but is leave granted to men retained to serve in the Force of. Occupation who have completed their engagements. Similar conditions exist in the; Royal Air Force.