MR. GORSTasked the Secretary of State for War, What steps have been taken, in accordance with the promise given in the House of Commons on February 12th, 1884, towards promoting "qualified and meritorious Warrant Officers" of the Royal Engineers, serving as Military Foremen of Works, to the rank of Quartermaster, either in the corps or in the Army generally, to which they were then said to be eligible?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONProvision is made in the Army Estimates for the ensuing year for six additional Quartermasters in the Royal Engineers, and it is proposed to select deserving military foremen of works for these commissions.