13. Mr. BATHURSTasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) whether able-bodied men in the employment of the Department are being permitted to join a military unit if they so desire; and whether, in the event of their doing so, their present posts will be kept open for them to resume after the termination of the War?
§ Mr. T. W. RUSSELL (Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture, Ireland)The answer to both parts of the question is in the affirmative.