§ 86. Mr. Remnantasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why the age limit for ex-Regulars has been raised to 50 years of age by the Civil Service Commissioners for admission to the executive grades without waiving the rule that the necessary examination must be taken within two years of leaving the Service.
§ Mr. JayThe purpose of the competitions among ex-Regulars is to provide each year opportunities of resettlement in the Civil Service for those who are about to leave or have just left the Armed Forces. To admit those who left the Armed Forces in earlier years would be inconsistent with this purpose.