§ Ordered, "That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the employment in the Civil Service of men who, in the exercise of the right granted to them by the Military Service Acts, were granted exemption from combatant service on conscientious grounds; and to report what action, if any, is desirable in respect of these men."
§ Ordered, "That the Committee do consist of Thirteen Members."
§ Committee accordingly nominated of Mr. Bowerman, Captain Bowyer, Major Breese, Major Entwistle, Lieut.-Colonel Hurst, Commander Locker - Lampson, Major Morrison-Bell, Mr. Gideon Murray. Lieut. - Colonel Nall, Lieut. - Colonel Stephenson, Mr. J. H. Thomas, Colonel Wedgwood, and Major Mackenzie Wood.
§ Ordered, "That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers, and records."
§ Ordered, "That five be the quorum."—[Colonel Gibbs.]