§ Colonel YATEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he can state how the visual standard used in the medical examination of recruits for general service in the British Army compares with that employed in the Armies of France, Italy, Germany, and Austria. having regard to the fact that in these Armies it is the recruit's vision with correcting glasses which determines his fitness or unfitness for military service; and if he is aware that in the Armies of France, Italy, Germany, and Austria men whose vision without glasses is far below the present British Army standard are accepted for all kinds of military service provided that their vision with correcting glasses is considered adequate?
§ Mr. TENNANTI will send my hon. and gallant Friend a statement as to the standards of vision required in the French, 2279W Italian, German, and Austro-Hungarian Armies. Recruits for the British Army whose standard of vision does not come up to that required for general service are not rejected, but are utilised where it is thought their services would be most valuable, provided that with glasses they can see to shoot.