§ 18. Mr. HAYDAYasked the Secretary of State for War whether men who volunteered in 1914 are being retained with the 1st Army Signals to complete the technical minimum of office telegraphists; whether, of the men retained because of their telegraphic skill, a number are being irregularly and improperly employed on work which has no connection with their craft, and which, if essential to the Army of Occupation, could be performed at a lower cost by the employment of civilian labour; whether four are employed in a cinema orchestra; whether there are six 1914 volunteers with the 1st Army Signals over forty-one years of age; and whether there is any military necessity other than the question of command pay for the retention of these men?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLInquiries will be made and I will inform my hon. Friend of the result as early as possible. The last part of the question is not understood.