§ SIR GILBERT PARKER (Gravesend)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty at what age the special training of officers of the Navy, who are to form the engineers branch of the profession, will commence.
(Answered by Mr. Pretyman.) The hon. Member will find the Answer to his Question at page 5 of the Memorandum presented to Parliament on December 16th, 1106 1902, in which it was stated that the age at which the careers of the young officers will begin to diverge will be from nineteen to twenty years. The Admiralty; do not propose to anticipate the more detailed rules which will have to be laid down later in order to give effect to the scheme adopted in 1902.