§ 15. Sir BERTRAM FALLEasked the Secretary of State for War, if he can 666 give the number of Royal Engineers officers and sappers, now serving in Jersey; and how many officers and sappers it is proposed to keep there in the immediate future?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON - EVANSThere are at present in Jersey one officer and one non-commissioned officer who perform duties in Alderney, Guernsey and Jersey, and two non-commissioned officers whose work is confined to Jersey. No change is at present contemplated.
§ Sir B. FALLEIs it proposed to keep these officers doing this work for any particular length of time?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSThis work has to be done and somebody must do it. The suggestion is that we should keep those officers there for the present.