§ Brigadier-General SURTEESasked the Secretary of State for War if he will consider the advisability of communicating officially with the various discharged 1820W soldiers' organisations and ex-officers' associations inviting them to co-operate in the task of establishing the new Territorial Force on a firm basis?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe desirability of securing the co-operation of ex-service organisations in connection with the reconstruction of the Territorial Army is appreciated, and consultations with certain associations of ex-service men have already taken place. Endeavours are also being made to get into touch with ex-officers' associations.