§ Mr. PARKERasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will state the number of cadets entered for the executive engineering branches of the Navy through Dartmouth College and the public schools; the number of Royal Marine officers entered; the total of these officers during the years 1931 to 1936; the number of promotions to commissioned rank from the lower deck in these branches during the same period; and what percentage of the total new officers were from the lower deck in each year?
Lord STANLEYFollowing is the information required: 1077W
1931–36 (inclusive). Executive. Engineering. Royal Marines. Number of cadets entering Dartmouth 659 — Number of cadets entering from the public schools or special entry. 191 96 — Number of first appointments to commissions in the Royal Marines other than corps promotions. — — 121 Number of promotions to commissioned rank from the lower deck or from the ranks. 38 23 4 Percentage of promotions from the lower deck or ranks in the total of new entries for each year:
1931 … … … 10.9 14.3 1932 … … … 8.3 — 1933 … … … 6.7 — 1934 … … … 6.1 3.8 1935 … … … 3.4 3.8 1936 … … … 33 2.8 Notes.—1. It has been necessary to show the executive and engineering entries together as the Dartmouth cadets do not volunteer for engineering until some time after entry.
2. The above table does not include promotions to commissioned rank through warrant rank nor the five artificer apprentices selected during the six-year period for promotion to midshipman or cadet in the engineering branch.