§ 106. Lieutenant-Colonel Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for War in regard to married officers and other ranks of the Regular Army serving in Palestine, whether their families are now permitted to join them when they so wish, seeing that separation has now lasted, in some cases, since the beginning of the war and that risk to such families is slight and no greater than in Egypt or India, where families are allowed.
§ Mr. LawsonAlthough a scheme is in operation to enable certain military families to proceed to various stations abroad, it is left to the Commanders-in-Chief concerned to decide whether particular areas within their Commands should be excluded for military or security reasons. I see no reason to question the Commander-in-Chief, Middle East's decision in the particular case of Palestine.