§ Sir J. BUTCHERasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that when a discharged or disabled soldier who is under twenty-one applies for a post in the Army Ordnance Department of the War Office he is employed and paid as a boy and not as a man until he attains twenty-one; whether this result is due to the wording of paragraph 7 of the Regulations for Civilian Subordinates, 1914; and whether he will take steps to have this Regulation altered so that discharged and disabled soldiers under twenty-one may be employed and paid as men and not as boys?
Captain GUESTI am obliged to my hon. and learned Friend for drawing my attention to this point and will give it immediate consideration.