§ VISCOUNT CRICHTONsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, Whether the unattached promotions about to be given in the Army are to be given only to the senior Officers of each grade, without reference to special qualifications or distinguished service in the field?
§ MR. CARDWELLSir, in the ordinary course of unattached promotions His Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief considers the claims of the several officers, and recommends them to the Secretary of State accordingly; but in the present instance of absorption they had been offered, in the first instance, by seniority.