§ 23. Sir B. FALLEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number of applicants for entry as paymaster cadets and special entry cadets whose fathers were warrant officers or commissioned officers from warrant rank who were accepted by the Admiralty during the year 1923 and the number who were rejected?
§ Mr. HODGESFor special entry as naval cadets during 1923, there were no applicants who were sons of naval warrant officers, or officers promoted there from. For entry as paymaster cadet in June, 1308 1923, there were also no applicants who were sons of naval warrant officers, or officers promoted there from, but the son of a pensioned chief petty officer was accepted. At the November, 1923, examination for paymaster cadets, there were seven applicants who were sons of naval warrant officers or officers promoted there from, and of these six were not accepted.
§ Sir B. FALLEMay I ask if, therefore, there is any disqualification for the sons of these gentlemen?
§ Mr. HODGESNo, there is no disqualification. They actually did not pass the examination.