§ Vice-Admiral TAYLORasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if he is aware of the case of Lieutenant D. E. Horwood, Royal Field Artillery, who, having been rejected for active service in September, 1914, as being unfit, underwent an operation at his own expense to become fit for active service, and in September, 1923, applied to the War Office for a refund of the expense, but was refused on the ground that refund could not be paid from Army funds; and whether he will give this matter consideration and reimburse this officer the cost incurred in making himself fit for service?
§ Mr. COOPERLieutenant Horwood was informed at the time when he was medically rejected for Army service that the cost of the proposed operation could not be borne by Army funds. I regret that I am unable to make an exception in this case to the established principle that no expense is incurred by Army funds in order to enable a person to be passed medically fit for Army service.