§ Return ordered "of the number of persons holding, on the. 31st day of March, 1914, (1) established, (2) unestablished, appointments as messengers, postmen, watchers, warders, park-keepers, attendants, porters, and similar situations, other than clerical appointments, in the several Government departments, showing the number of such persons who previously served in His Majesty's Regular Army and Navy and the percentage of places held by ex-Army and ex-Navy men to the other places in question."—[Colonel Yate.]