§ 16 and 17. Mr. WILESasked the Secretary of State for War (1) why the Crowndale Road medical board passed A. G. Hopkins, of Charlotte Street, Islington, for general service, having regard to the 183 fact that he is suffering from consumption and is a patient at Mount Vernon Hospital, Hampstead; why his examination was not postponed when he produced a certificate, but was only informed that the doctor who attended to consumptive cases had left; and (2) if he will ask for a report to be made by the military medical board sitting at Crowndale Road, N.W., on the examination of W. H. Spong, of Highbury Hill, whom they passed for general service, having regard to the fact that this man has had a severe fracture of his skull, which has been stitched up, that he has a fractured left arm, and is totally deaf in one ear; and will he say why, when the Islington Tribunal asked for a special examination to be made and the medical board made an appointment for Spong on 30th June at 9 a.m., when he attended no further examination was made?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe Under-Secretary of State is having inquiry made, and, with the hon. Member's permission, he will send him the results of his inquiries by letter.
§ Mr. PRINGLEIs it not the policy of the military authorities to get those men into the Army and see if they will crack up afterwards?