§ MR. MADDISON (Sheffield, Brightside)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he has appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Von Donop, R.E., to be an inspector of railways; whether only military men are selected for such posts; and are all civilians excluded from the railway inspectorate.
§ MR. RITCHIEThe answer to the first question is yes. The inspectors of railways have hitherto been selected from the corps of Royal Engineers. The sub-inspectors are civilians.