§ 14. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether, except in very limited numbers, Artillery officers are debarred from appointment either to the General Staff or to the Adjutant-General and Quartermaster Branches of the Staff, and that this is causing a block in promotion both in the Artillery Staff and in the appointment to Artillery Staffs; and, if so, whether, in view of the fact that there are many young Artillery officers capable of commanding battalions and of relieving more senior officers for service on the Staff, he will consider the desirability of appointing Artillery officers more freely to the General Staff?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to my reply on the 4th July last to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Leominster. Artillery officers are in no way debarred, and are given appointments on the Staff as opportunity offers.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODHas the position improved?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI do not know whether it has.