§ Brigadier-General CHARTERISasked the Secretary of State for War whether the present staff at Jersey and Guernsey, as given in the Army List, is to be retained or whether, in view of the fact that at Guernsey there is only one battalion of infantry and one company of Royal Engineers and in Jersey no troops at all, he is considering the possibility of effecting economy by a reduction of the staff, consisting of two D.A.As. and W.M.Gs., one S.M.O., and four other administrative staff officers?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSAlthough only one infantry battalion is stationed in Guernsey, Alderney and Jersey at present, the normal establishment of infantry there is two battalions. It is not considered that any reduction of the staff is possible. The officers in charge of Engineer, Army Service Corps and Ordnance Services act for all the islands.