MR. LEATHAM BRIGHT (Stoke-upon-Trent)asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether it is the custom of the Government to take any note of charges of misconduct made against individuals holding commissions in the Naval Reserve; and, whether an individual against whom such charges have been made, to the knowledge of the Government, can still in times of emergency obtain a command in Her Majesty's Navy?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON) (Middlesex, Ealing)Up to the present time I am not aware that any charges of misconduct have been brought against any officers of the Royal Naval Reserve. The Admiralty are empowered, under the Regulations, to dismiss from the Service any officer against whom a charge derogatory to his position as such has been substantiated. This punishment, if incurred, would debar him from employment in Her Majesty's Navy, either in command or otherwise.