§ Mr. GROVESasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office what leave had been granted to the 400 soldiers from the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and the Ordnance Corps who sailed in the steamer "Otranto" for service in Gibraltar and Egypt covering a period of two and a half years?
§ Mr. HACKINGThe actual number of soldiers of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and the Royal Army Ordnance Corps who sailed on the steamship "Otranto" on 27th April for service in Gibraltar and Egypt was 52. Of this number, 49 were granted varying periods of leave, either immediately before embarkation or at some short time earlier, and one, who had not long been discharged from hospital and was in married quarters, did not apply for leave. Two men had not had leave since December, having overstayed the embarkation leave granted to them in that month.