32. Mr. HAZLETONasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the total of 130,241 men given in the Command Paper on men of military age in Ireland as the number who have joined His Majesty's Forces since the outbreak of war to 15th October, 1916, includes the men who have joined the Navy?
§ Mr. DUKEThe figure mentioned includes all men from Ireland known to the police to have enlisted in the Navy since the outbreak of war No complete information is at present available as to the numbers of Naval Reservists called up from the several counties, but I am told that they probably represent about 3,000, in addition to the total of 130,241 who have joined His Majesty's Forces since the outbreak of war.
33. Mr. HAZLETONasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland the date on which the figures set out in column (a) in the Command Paper regarding men of military age in Ireland were applicable as showing on that date the total number of men of military age then in Ireland?
34. Mr. HAZLETONasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether in the Command Paper published this week regarding men of military age in Ireland any men in Ireland are calculated as being indispensable besides a certain proportion of those engaged as agriculturists, medical practitioners, railway workers, iron and steel workers, explosives and chemical workers, and persons engaged in public administration and the professions?
§ Mr. DUKENo persons have been reckoned as indispensable other than those mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of the introductory part of the statement referred to. The class under the heading "Public Administration and Professions" is made up of the Civil Service officers and clerks, Local Government 948 officers and clerks, police, clergy of all denominations, legal and medical practitioners, civil and mining engineers, teachers, artists and architects. All clergy-are included in the indispensable moiety of this class.