§ 15. Mr. SNOWDENasked the Undersecretary of State for War if he is aware that at Mullingar, where the 3rd Royal Scots are located, a travelling medical board was held recently, and that the commanding officer sat with the board, and when the men were brought forward he gave information in regard to the duties the men were performing; and if, in view of the influence which the presence of the commanding officer is likely to have upon the decision of the medical board, he will give instructions that commanding officers must not be present at these medical examinations?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI am unable to adopt my hon. Friend's suggestion. The commanding officer knows more of his men than any other officer, and if is in the interest of the Service and of the men that the regulation was made.