MR. WHITEsaid, he would beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, If it be true that the Field Marshal Commanding in Chief is in the habit of making submissions for appointments in the Army to, and receiving the Commands from, Her Majesty the Queen directly, and not through the responsible Minister the Secretary of State for War?
§ MR. CARDWELLsaid, that as the Question fell, properly speaking, within his Department, he would answer it. The course pursued in the cases referred to by the hon. Member was this—Submissions are prepared in the office of the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief; they are sent to the War Office for the approval of the Secretary of State, and having been approved by him they are submitted by the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief for the approval of Her Majesty, and he receives Her Majesty's commands upon them. His hon. Friend was probably aware that this subject was fully considered and reported upon by a very influential Committee of the House, presided over by Sir James Graham, and that Committee recommended that no alteration should be made in the custom.