§ MR. ARTHUR J. MOORE (Londonderry)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War if he can now state what steps can be taken to provide ministrations of Roman Catholic chaplains on transports returning with sick and wounded from South Africa.
§ * MR. WYNDHAMAs I informed the hon. Member on the 17th inst.,† Roman Catholic chaplains are being detailed for transports returning with sick and wounded from South Africa when the numbers warrant it. The discretion in each case rests entirely with the general officer commanding the lines of communication.
§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDHas the right hon. Gentleman's attention been called to the statement by the First Lord of the Admiralty that Catholic chaplains 'will be put on all hospital ships?
§ * MR. WYNDHAMAnd it is done. But this is not a case of hospital ships. These are transports which come home with a certain number of invalids. It is impossible to provide a chaplain if there is only one man. No men are put on board who are in danger of death.