§ MR. KEARLEY (Devonport)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether a general officer, Royal Marines, has recently been retired from the staff as being mentally unfit; and whether his name is still retained on the active list in contravention of the Order in Council governing such cases.
(Answered by Mr. Arnold-Forster.) The general officer referred to has been superseded in his appointment owing to a severe attack of mental depression from which it is thought he may recover in about six months time. As he has not yet been found to be permanently incapacitated for further service, the question of his retirement from, the active list under the Order in Council does not arise.