§ 73. Mr. RONALD McNEILLasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he is aware that dissatisfaction prevails among Army chaplains with the lack of energy, initiative, and care for their interests displayed by the Chaplain-General to the Forces; if he will say how long the present holder of that office has held it; whether there is any fixed retiring age for the 2125 Chaplain-General; and, if not, whether the Army Council will exert its influence to induce the Chaplain-General to enable a younger and more energetic officer to be appointed to this post?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe Chaplain-General was appointed in 1901, and the age at which a Chaplain-General is required by warrant to retire will be reached by the present incumbent of the office in 1925. The Council know of no reason why steps should be taken to replace him.