§ 70. Mr. SNOWDENasked the hon. Member for Worcestershire (Bewdley Division), if the four-column advertisement of the names of absentees from military service appearing in the "East Kent Gazette" is authorised by the War Office; what sum is being charged to the War Office for this advertisement; if he is aware that the substitution officer attached to the head-quarter's recruiting office, Canterbury, is the proprietor or editor of this journal, and that, while a commissioned officer in the Army, he is still actively associated with this newspaper and devoting a considerable part of his time to it; if it is competent for an officer to engage in work outside his Army duties; and what action it is proposed to take in this case?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Mr. Macpherson)My hon. Friend has asked me to answer this. Inquiries are being made, and my hon. Friend will be informed of the result.