§ MR. HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, How far the recommendations of the Select Committee, appointed in 1877, to inquire into the practicability of employing former Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil Departments of the Public Service have been adopted; and, particularly, if the recommendations contained in paragraphs 11 and 16 of the Report of the Committee, viz., that permanent messengerships in Government offices and park-keepers should be exclusively appointed from persons who have meritoriously served their Country, are strictly adhered to?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. ARNOLD MORLEY) (Nottingham, E.), in reply, said, the recommendations of the Select Committee had not been lost sight of. All the War Office and Admiralty messengers were old soldiers or sailors, and appointments as park-keepers were only given to Army pensioners.