asked the Secretary of State for War whether at all depots the medical officer keeps a register of all men medically examined for the Regular Army and of all men rejected on medical examination as physically unfit for the Regular Army; and if he will say whether the register of each depot medical officer records the number of men belonging to the Special Reserve at each depot who have, on application to join the Regular Army, been rejected as unfit and who are still serving at present in the Special Reserve battalions?

The reply to the first part of the question is in the affirmative and to the second part of the question in the negative.