§ Major HENNESSYasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, was moved from England to Constantinople in 1920, to Alexandria in 1922, to Cairo in 1923, and are now under orders to proceed to India next November, making four moves in four years; and whether, in view of the expense to the public and to the officers and non-commissioned officers of this regiment, he can see his way to cancel the move now in contemplation?
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§ Mr. WALSHI much regret the necessity for this and other moves, but the normal foreign service roster was inevitably disorganised during the War and post-War periods, and the moves are requisite in order to get this roster on a proper footing. The move could not be cancelled without injustice to other units, and I cannot see my way to order its cancellation.