§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether, having regard to the fact that at present the successful candidates for admission to both Woolwich and Sandhurst are required to present themselves in London for medical examination as to their physical fitness, with the view to the lessening of the expenses of successful candidates resident in Ireland and Scotland, arrangements can be made for allowing them to present themselves for the medical examination in Dublin or Edinburgh.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) It is considered to be in the best interests of the candidates that they should be examined by the same Medical Board rather than by two or three Boards, especially in view of the fact that in cases of appeal the Board can only be held in London.