Major MALONEasked the Postmaster-General whether, seeing that the Post Office authorities decided that a man when applying for employment there should be informed that owing to the limited number of vacancies that will occur in the future in theGeneral Post Office they desire that the professional soldier of long service be 2281W recommended, he will state what is to become of the soldiers who joined in 1914 and subsequently?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHPreference for Post Office employment is being given to disabled soldiers and sailors irrespective of the length of their Army or Navy service. The number of vacancies available for able-bodied soldiers, after the claims of disabled men and of Post Office servants returning from the Army have been met, will necessarily be small. The method of selection from among the large number of able-bodied applicants is at present under the consideration of the War Office, under whose control the registration and primary selection of ex-soldiers desirous of Post Office employment are carried out.