§ Sir A. HOLBROOKasked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that the shortening of the period of service of a cadet entering Sandhurst from two years to 18 months, while the two years' period is retained for cadets entering Woolwich, and the reduction of Army pay under Army Order No. 366 of 1925 for cadets commissioned after 25th October, 1925, seriously affects the status and seniority of the Woolwich cadets; and whether he will consider the issue of amending instructions so that cadets who entered Woolwich prior to the introduction of Army Order No. 366 or prior to the 25th October, 1925, may be entitled to the pay and conditions prevailing prior to that date?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSThe only Woolwich cadets who suffer, in comparison with Sandhurst cadets, from the effects of Army Order 366 of 1925, are those who entered in January, 1924, and are only now being commissioned, whereas their Sandhurst contemporaries were commissioned before that Army Order was issued. I cannot agree to any general departure from the rule that officers commissioned on or after 26th October, 1925, corns under the conditions laid down in Army Order 366 of 1925, but I am considering whether a concession can be made in the case of the cadets who entered Woolwich in January, 1924, without prejudicing the general principle.