§ MAJOR RASCH () Essex, S.E.I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether the War Office has reduced the physical standard of recruits; and what, is the minimum for infantry of the Line and artillery drivers.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe standard of height has been reduced in the following cases:—Drivers in Horse and Field 223 Artillery, from 5 ft. 4 in. to 5 ft. 2 in,; Infantry of the Line, from 5 ft. 3 in. to 5 ft. 3 in.; Army Service Corps, from 5 ft. 3 in. to 5 ft. 2½ in. No change whatever has been made in the chest measurements for any of the above arms, or in the medical examination, which has not been relaxed in any way.
§ MAJOR RASCHWill the hon. Gentleman consider the propriety of increasing the pay instead of reducing the height?
§ [No answer was given.]