§ SIR JOHN LUBBOCKasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he would have any objection to lay upon the Table of the House the last Circular giving notice of the Examination of Candidates for the Advanced Class; why the recommendations of Major General Napier's Committee, in reference to the Advanced Class, were not carried out; when the next examination will he held, and whether ample notice would be given; and, whether it is intended to make Officers supernumerary of their rank while in the Class, as recommended by the Committee before referred to.
§ MR. CARDWELLThere is no objection, Sir, to the production of the Circular if my hon. Friend will move for it. The recommendations of the Committee have been generally carried into effect, but with the exception of allowing the Officers to be supernumerary. Objection was taken to this arrangement, on the ground that it was doubtful whether the advantages of the class had been proportioned to the expenditure which it occasioned. It is intended, in deference to the strong recommendation of the Committee, to give the class another trial, with ample notice, and to permit the officers above the rank of subaltern to be supernumerary.