§ MAJOR ARBUTHNOTasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether the extra sum of £5,000, allotted in the Estimates of the current year towards providing promotion in the junior ranks of the Royal Artillery, is to be distributed in the manner stated by the Financial Secretary a short time since, or whether any change in the application of that sum has been decided on or is in contemplation?
CAPTAIN VIVIANsaid, in reply, that no change was in contemplation. It was still proposed to distribute the amount in the manner originally proposed; but the Warrant on the subject could not be made out until the Vote had received the sanction of the House.