Colonel CRAIGasked the Secretary of State for War if his attention has been directed to the matter of employment of discharged soldiers who have recovered from their wounds and sickness; if many of these men have been obliged to seek employment in other countries, thereby having to provide for two homes; if several men eligible for military service are employed in munition and other Government Departments in Dublin, while un-pensioned soldiers, some having mechanical and clerical knowledge, are denied employment; and if he will instruct those responsible for such treatment, with a 813W view also to encouraging recruiting in Ireland, that in future competent discharged soldiers shall be given a preference?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe duty of providing for the care of disabled men after they have left the Service has been imposed by Parliament on the Statutory Committee. I understand the. Committee have no information as to men being obliged to seek employment in other countries, but I am sure they will inquire into any cases of which particulars are sent to them. The Ministry of Munitions naturally has every desire to make use of the services of ex-soldiers, as indeed has every other Government Department.