OFFICERS AND GIRLS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 173, 19 August 1919, Page 4

OFFICERS AND GIRLS

British AvSi scandal. WJNDQN.JWy.it-^, Serious scandals were' menioned 10 tab House of Lords debate to-night, •&*.' motion for an inquiry into Hie circilun* stances suiTounding the summary dMmissal of the Honourable Violet PwogjM Pennant, priocpal ol the Women's Air. Force. The Government hoe biliwfw ** refused an -inquiry, dleepite ektensUye agitation in the House hi Commons and by friends in the pres®. . . , The Earl of Stanhope, rooyipzTor Die appointment of a Select Commwfee, «- dared that the Government b»4 ted an unwarrantable stigma forest on Mies Pennant, because it £««&» long disclosures of tbe rjJjftwSitt jduaiftg the war between tjhe officers and girls. He pave as an instance Mw Pwtt* •mint’s discovery that the 1 colonel commanding an R.A.F. department, nwr Loudon, pernutbed __ all-night leave to girls who were being trained an thp ; i camp. These girls ooawtonltly returned drunk from London in the am%U uMM of the morningin Government nwaorOBJ I ®* 1 'I Vi 1 I |, ' '■‘ ,l I* ll* |rJ,?t Another grave soancW affected a lonel and two wqraen offioera. Mm? Pe*' nant transferred the womei^ .rty ported the b**l promptly dismissed, was transferred, kd • wee adbseqQeWCr Bent to a caffip, when* female companion* ’£99 atSwripm Tfjjjff lodged in the same house, 'an®* ‘ Jr. landlady discovered ? n Tg same room at three o’clock in the morn* Weir, oh behalf ofthe Ow«mment, reiterated that Miss Pwawt aM , been dismissed became© she w« WOMB* ■ . able. ■' , The Hoifce of Lwdaagwedfo-th*,** » quiry by 69 vc*e«“t6 eff ’ ’1 w M * . « A mi ft n