§ 19. Sir ARCHIBALD WILLIAMSONasked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that Private Charles Ross, No. 427415, 39th Company, Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport, Hutment Camp, Grove Park, S.E., is manager of a building business at Forres and has been applied for by his employer on the grounds of indispensability; and whether, seeing that this man was only passed fit for garrison duty, that his wife is ill, that he has six children dependent upon him, and in view of the urgency of the housing problem, he can see his way to have this man demobilised in order that he may return to his civil employment?
Captain GUESTI am informed that Private Ross is not registered at the War Office as pivotal or for special release, and that there is no trace of any application for his release having been received. If my hon. Friend will furnish a statement setting out fully the compassionate grounds on which release is asked, vouched for by himself or by a doctor, justice of the peace or clergyman, the case will receive consideration.