ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS (SUB-CONDUCTOR STICKNEY). (Hansard, 20 June 1912)

§ Mr. NIELD

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War (1) whether Sub-conductor Stickney, Army Ordnance Corps, obtained, at Roberts Heights, South Africa, signed copies of the sworn summaries of evidence issued to an accused, under Rule of Procedure 14a; whether copies of the sworn evidence were laid before the convening officer and the district court-martial which tried Stickney as a staff quartermaster-sergeant on 5th January, 1912; did Stickney sign himself Sub-conductor on 13th January, 1912, three days after the sentence of forfeiture of seniority as a staff quartermaster-sergeant had been promulgated; were the officers who laid the information which resulted in Stickney being committed to the insane ward on 15th January aware that he had the signed sworn summaries of evidence in his possession; did Stickney send the two sworn summaries to the Army Council on 25th May, 1912; in view of the revelations they contain, is he prepared to reconsider this case; and (2) whether he is aware that the words promoted sub-conductor appear on three official documents against the name of No. 3,297 H. B. Stickney, Army Ordnance Corps, viz., Corps Order, No. 1,089, dated at Woolwich 28th May, 1910, Part II., Order No. 74, dated at Dublin, 31st May, 1910, and on the duplicate attestation paper; whether absence of confirmation after promotion is not a written order of reduction, as mentioned in paragraph 1,913 (1) of the King's Regulations, dated 1912; whether, on page 1564 of the May, 1912, Army List, J. S. Miller is shown as having been promoted conductor on the 21st May, 1910; whether Stickney was promoted sub-conductor vice Miller; and why has Stickney not received any money on account of such promotion, in accordance with Section 136 of the Army Act?