HC Deb 20 March 1900 vol 80 cc1308-9
MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether, in the case of an infant, being a ward in Chancery, enlist- ing in the Army, and his discharge being demanded by the Court of Chancery, the War Office would discharge him.

*MR. WYNDHAM

A Ward in Chancery has, in regard to enlistment, no status differing from that of anyone else.

CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork, E.)

Is it not the case that the Court of Chancery possesses more authority over boys than their parents? Why do the War Office refuse to parents what they concede to the Court of Chancery?

*MR. WYNDHAM

I am not aware that they do.

MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN

What is the law with regard to the enlistment of infants?

[No answer was given.]