§ Lieut.-Colonel POWNALLasked the Secretary of State for War in what directions it is proposed to spend the £80,000 shown under the heading of special recruiting expenditure in this year's Estimates; what, if any, proportion of the above would be allocated to Territorial Associations for recruiting purposes; and whether it was intended in the ease of any expenditure being incurred directly by the War Office itself to call on those who had had experience in recruiting for the Territorial Force to advise?
§ Sir A. WILLIAMSONAn important charge against the sum in question will be the expenditure incurred by the War Office in giving publicity to the terms and conditions of service in the reconstituted Territorial Force. It is clearly an economy of money and effort that this and other measures of general publicity should be undertaken by the War Office. But it is quite understood that in the matter of recruiting for the Territorial 693W Force the War Office can only act in support of the county associations, and to meet their individual requirements over £30,000 has already been set aside. I can assure the hon. and gallant Member that no expenditure on recruiting for the Territorial Force has been, or will be, undertaken directly by the War Office without consulting those who are best qualified by their experience to advise.