§ Sir E. GOULDINGasked the Undersecretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to the case of A. H. M. Brierley, who has been several times refused when he desired to join the Army early in the War and who was rejected under the Derby scheme as medically unfit and again under the Military Service Act classed in C 3; whether he has now been called up for re-examination and placed in B 1 although suffering from the same infirmities; and will he have inquiries made into the case?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI am making full inquiries into this case, and will let my hon. Friend know the result as soon as I am in a position to do so.
§ Sir G. AGNEWasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Frederick George Tutt, of 65, Lillington Street, Westminster, aged forty, was rejected as medically unfit for the Army in November, 1915, at Westminster, was again rejected as totally unfit on 29th August, 1916, by the Central London Recruiting Depot, Whitehall, was ordered for re-examination on 28th May, 1917, in the City of London, and passed into class B 2, although his condition is the same as in 1915; and will he state how this man, whose sense of hearing is defective, can be utilised in our fighting forces?
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§ Mr. MACPHERSONInquiries are being made, and my hon. Friend will be informed of the result in due course.
§ Sir G. AGNEWasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he will inquire into the case of Thomas Horton, 26, Keswick Grove, Seedley, Salford, who was rejected for the Army on 22nd June, 1916, on account of mitral disease, was re-examined on 18th May, 1917, at the Pendleton Town Hall and passed B 1, in spite of the fact that he has been under medical treatment for the last four years?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONInquiries are being made, and my hon. Friend will be informed of the result in due course.