§ Mr. THOMASasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that No. 34297, Private A. E. Evans, 3rd Battalion, the King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), who has been passed fit for general service, is permanently injured with broken-arch feet through being run over with a railway wagon in April, 1913, and was in receipt of compensation from the Midland Railway Company, and was employed, prior to being called up for military service, on special work in a railway shed; that this soldier suffers pain in performing his drills and marches, having often to fall out of the ranks; and that Sergeant Thomas has threatened to break his ankles, to hammer his feet with a rifle, and to put him in the guard-room if he failed to keep up with the other soldiers or fell out of the ranks again; and, in view of the pain and suffering caused to Private Evans by general service, whether he will have him transferred to other duties which will not involve such strain upon his feet and ankles?
§ Mr. FORSTERInquiry will be made as to whether this soldier has been improperly called up.