SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL&c) (Kirkcaldy,I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty how many of the fishermen of the East Coast of Scotland are enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve; whether the naval officers retired in the prime of age are required to earn their retiring annuities by service in the reserve; and how many such officers now serve in the reserve forces apart from the full-pay officers serving in the Coast Guard?
* THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Lord G.) HAMILTON, Middlesex, EalingThe number of fishermen so enrolled is 2,571. Pensions are given for past and not prospective service. All retired officers are liable to servo if called out by Her Majesty in the event of war or emergency. They, however, do not form part of the so-called Naval Reserve, nor is it advisable that they should.
§ SIR G. CAMPBELLAre none of the naval officers in the Naval Reserve?
§ * LORD G. HAMILTONNo; the Naval Reserve is altogether composed of officers and men in the Mercantile Marine of fishermen.