§ Captain D. HALLasked the Secretary to the Admiralty why sight-tests for firemen in the Navy have to be more stringent than sight-tests accepted for service in the Army?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAI assume that my hon. and gallant Friend refers to stokers serving in His Majesty's ships. The reason why the standard of vision of stokers is more stringent than Army tests is that these men have to read gauge glasses without spectacles, which are useless in a stokehold by reason of the steam.