§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Secretary of State for War when an officer, guilty of misconduct, has taken the precaution to make proof impossible, or it is for any reason desired to allow him to resign instead of expelling him from the Army, what steps are taken to prevent his obtaining a commission elsewhere in the British Army; can he explain how the officer court-martialled in South Africa in 1896 for robbing the Buluwayo-Salisbury mail coach with violence and other crimes, and allowed to retire on the pretext of ill-health, afterwards obtained a commission in Ireland, which he was similarly required to resign in 1907 for conduct of a like character; and whether that person is now in the Army under any other name?
§ Colonel SEELYRecords of the services of officers are retained in the War Office, and are available for the purpose mentioned in the question. As regards the second part of the question, perhaps the hon. Gentleman would be good enough to supply me with the name of the officer to whom he refers.