§ 92. Major MALONEasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that serving:soldiers are not at present eligible on discharge for employment in record, pay, and other offices controlled by the War Office, and that at any time they are not eligible for clerkships of Grades I, II and III; that these better-paid appointments have been earmarked as a new field of employment for the Civil Service, and that in future ex-service men can at best only be employed in the lowest grade without any hope of advancement; and wild he, in the interests of the soldier and recruiting, take steps to see that the clerical posts of all grades in these military offices, which have always been manned by ex-service men in the past, are reserved for the fighting services as heretofore?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSI am making inquiries. I have no intention of reducing the number of appointments open to serving soldiers on their discharge.