§ 39. Sir RICHARD COOPERasked the Secretary of State for War whether Corporal C. E. Turner, No. 17284, Army Pay Corps, with thirteen months' service at Lichfield, was released on the 28th January, 1919, as a pivotal man, and re instated, after demobilisation, as an acting-paymaster; and whether Corporal. Turner was in civil life assistant to an ironmonger?
§ Mr. FORSTERThis man was released on 28th January, 1919, before the promulgation of Army Order 55 of 1919, and was subsequently taken on as a civilian clerk, from which grade he was promoted to acting-paymaster on the recommendation of the regimental paymaster. Ho has now been discharged on reduction of establishment.
§ Sir R. COOPERCan the right hon. Gentleman explain how a man who has been an ironmonger's assistant can have the necessary qualifications for such a position as acting-paymaster? ["HON. MEMBERS: Why not?"]
§ Mr. FORSTERI can quite well imagine that such a man might prove a very skilled accountant.