§ VISCOUNT WOLMER (Hants, Petersfield)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if the command of the 3rd Volunteer (Kent) Brigade, Cinque Ports Division, Royal Artillery, about to become vacant, has been offered to and accepted by a gentleman not residing in the county; whether representations have reached him which show that such appointments may have the effect of deterring gentlemen resident in the county from accepting commissions in the corps; and, whether, before it is decided to bring in a gentleman nonresident in the county, he will consider the advisability of offering the appointment to other gentlemen resident in the county?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. E. STANHOPE,) Lincolnshire, HorncastleThe brigade has two lieutenant-colonels, of whom the senior has resigned. The junior, residing, I believe, in the county, has succeeded to the command. The recommendation of an officer as second lieutenant-colonel rests with the general commanding the district, from whom none has as yet been received. I have received the representation referred to in my noble Friend's question, and it shall have full attention.