§ Lieutenant-Colonel M'LEANasked the Secretary of State for War if Regular officers who have lost a leg below the knee are being discharged from the service as unfit; and, if so, may cases be reconsidered, in face of the fact that many officers are fit for sedentary employment and their discharge would be a great hardship?
Captain GUESTRegular officers who have lost a leg, whether below the knee or not, are permanently unfit for general service, and thus liable to be retired from the Army; but their cases are sympathetically considered and every endeavour is made to find them suitable employment. It will, however, be realised that opportunities for employment are few.