§ Mr. AMMONasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether his attention has been called to the invention of the Schermuly pistol rocket apparatus; whether the apparatus has been submitted to any tests by the experts of his Department; and whether it is proposed to adopt the same as part of the lifesaving equipment for the Royal Navy?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThe Schermuly pistol rocket apparatus has been under trial with very satisfactory results. It has been approved in the first instance
1432Wtinguished in this respect from what are now termed two-year training colleges. Further, it should be noted that certain colleges now classified as university training departments fall to be included in the two-year group of training colleges for 1903:
to supply this apparatus to some of His Majesty's ships to replace the present equipment and a further number will shortly be tried out at sea in ships of the Atlantic Fleet.