§ 72. Commander BELLAIRSasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he can make a statement as to the circumstances in which Krahn was appointed to a confidential post under the War Office, and the date of his appointment?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY Of STATE for WAR (Mr. Macpherson)This man was engaged on the 16th April, 1917, for employment as a clerk in a subordinate capacity in a record office. It is the invariable practice to obtain two references, and there is no reason to doubt that these were obtained in this case. At the time, however, it was the practice to destroy references after the clerk had served a satisfactory period of probation.
§ Commander BELLAIRSWhat was considered a satisfactory period of probation after which the references were not required?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe references were not required after a period of six months.