GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



SETTIvEMEXT OF EX-SERVICE MEN WITHIN THE EMPIRE 

 AFTER THE WAR. 



oFFiciAi. sources: 



I'he journal of TiiE hoard of AGRICULTURE Vol. XXIV., No. 6, I^ondoii, September 191 7. 

 The labour gazette, Vol. XXV, No. 9, l,ondou, September 191 7. 



The report of the committee appointed by the Secretary of State for 

 the Colonies to consider the measures to be taken for settling ex-service 

 men within the British Empire after the war has recently been issued. The 

 terms of reference were: " To consider and report on the measures to be 

 taken to settle within the empire ex-soldiers who may desire to emigrate 

 after the war. To collect and prepare for distribution to intending emi- 

 grants of this class information which shall show clearly the nature of any 

 facilities afforded by the governments of the dominions and States. To 

 advise as to the best methods of making this information accessible to the 

 troops. To make recommendations as to the steps which should be taken 

 by His ^Majesty's Government, in concert with governments of the States 

 and dominions, for the constitution of a central authority to super\'ise and 

 assist such emigration ". 



The committee were informed that the term " ex-soldiers " included 

 ex-ser\ace men from both the navy and the army and their wives and chils 

 dren. The committee felt themselves at liberty to consider also the case- 

 of widows and orphans of ex-service men and of women who, like nurses and 

 munition workers, had done war work. 



Evidence as to facilities for settlement on the land was taken from a) 

 representatives of the overseas dominions, b) various bodies dealing with 

 emigration, c) similar bodies dealing with settlement within the United 

 Kingdom. The committee hold that there is no conflict between the op- 

 portunities offered at home and overseas, for both should have place in 

 one great policy of settlement within the empire. 



§ T. The establishment of relations with the troops. 



The committee hold that the proper time for distributing information 

 as to opportunities for settlement among the troops is that which will 

 elapse between the cessation of hostilities and the grants of furlough 

 which will precede discharge. 



