§ LORD CHARLES BERESFORD (Marylebone, E.)asked the First Lord of the Treasury, When he will nominate the Royal Commission which the Government have promised, to inquire into the system of administration at the War Office and Admiralty; and, if he will 1309 give the names of those who are to serve on it, and state the earliest date on which it is expected the Commission will meet?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Mr. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster), in reply, said, the noble and gallant Lord would see that the importance of the Commission was very great, and therefore the Government must exercise considerable care in the selection of the gentlemen who were to be nominated. He was unable to say when the Commission would be nominated; but no time would be lost in coming to a decision upon the matter.