§ 71. Sir JOHN BUTCHERasked the Secretary of State for War whether he has considered the wording of paragraph 7 of 1086 the Regulations for Civil Subordinates, 1914; and whether he is now prepared to alter this regulation so that a soldier who has joined up before the age of twenty-one and has fought and been wounded and has been discharged before attaining twenty-one may, on obtaining employment in the Army Ordnance Department or other civilian Department of the War Office, be employed and paid as a man and not as a boy?
Captain GUESTThis question affects not only the War Office but other Departments, with which I am in communication. It is hoped to issue instructions shortly.
§ Sir J. BUTCHERWill the hon. and gallant Gentleman consider that when a man is good enough to light as a man he should be good enough to be paid as a man when he gets home?
Captain GUESTMy hon. and learned Friend will appreciate the fact that "other Departments" includes the Treasury.