§ Colonel ASHLEYasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that application for the discharge of Private J. McPhillips, No. 62607, Yorkshire Regiment, under paragraph 392 (vi), King's Regulations, has been refused owing to the fact that this man gave his age on enlistment, oil the 12th May, 1919, as over eighteen years, whereas his birth certificate shows that he was born on the 1st October, 1901; and whether, under the circumstances, he will cause the soldier to be discharged?
§ Mr. FORSTERI am informed that the facts are as stated by my hon. and gallant Friend. Application for the discharge of Private McPhillips was based solely on the grounds that he was under eighteen years of age On enlistment. It is not customary to discharge men on that ground alone.