§ MAJOR DUNNE (Walsall)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to the case of Captain Huntsman, of the Army Pay Department; and whether he will state the reasons for this officer being passed over for promotion and suspended from his duties; and whether, in view of the remarks of the Commissioners on the War Stores Commission, full reparation will be made to this officer if any injustice his been done to him.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) My attention has been called to the case of Captain Huntsman. In consequence of evidence given before General Butler's Committee he was, on June 9th, relieved from duty until the Royal Commission should have made its Report. In view of 1398 the remarks of the Commissioners, I have given instructions that Captain Huntsman should be permitted to return to duty. He has been continuously on full pay during the whole period.