§ Mr. Liddallasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that, in regard to the granting of medical commissions in units of the Territorial Army, applications are considered only from medical men resident in the immediate vicinity of such units; and whether, as this method of selection deprives the Territorial Army of the services of many keen and able officers, he proposes to alter this system?
§ Sir V. WarrenderIt is clearly in the interests of both that medical officers should reside as near as possible to the units to which they belong or are attached. The recruitment of officers for the Royal Army Medical Corps, Territorial Army, is proceeding very satisfactorily, but if my hon. Friend knows of any case in which the observance of this principle has had the effect of depriving a Territorial Army unit of the services of a medical officer, perhaps he will be good enough to give me particulars.