Mr. FOOTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether the commissioned warrant officers who voluntarily retired under the Admiralty Order of May, 1920, can be granted the same privilege as to those who are retiring under the recent Admiralty Order which entitles commissioned warrant officers, after more than three years' service, to the rank of lieutenant on retirement?
§ Mr. AMERYThe rank of lieutenant is granted on retirement to all commissioned officers from warrant rank who have actually had three years' complete service as such, provided that their records have been satisfactory. No alteration has been made in this rule in the case of officers retired under the present special scheme of retirement, and no question, therefore, arises of making any alteration in it in other eases.