§ Mr. NANNETTIasked the Secretary of State for War if, during the past two years, a clerk employed in the Army 608W Ordnance Department at Island Bridge was dismissed for inefficiency because he had refused to carry out the work of the Receipt Office without any help; if, since the man's dismissal, there have been employed in the office referred to three clerks; if special orders have been issued to certain clerks, and if any restrictions are placed on individual clerks, and for what purpose; if quite recently a superintending civil clerk was brought to notice for neglect of duty and other irregularities; and if such has been reported to the War Office, or what action has been taken?
§ Mr. HALDANEThis man is reported to have been discharged for incompetency. No alteration in the establishment of the office has been made since his discharge. No report on the other points raised in the question has reached the War Office.