§ MAJOR O'BEIRNEasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether it is a fact that the officers who at present hold the appointments respectively of Adjutant General to the Forces, Deputy Adjutant General to the Forces, and Deputy Adjutant General (as Inspector General of Auxiliary Forces) held appointments on the Horse Guards Staff on the 1st January 1874, as Quartermaster General, Assistant Military Secretary, and Deputy Adjutant General; and, how many of these officers have held appointments on the Horse Guards Staff since 1st January 1874?
§ COLONEL STANLEYYes, Sir; the statement in the first part of the Question is correct. With regard to the second part of the Question, two of these officers have held their present appointments from the time at which they relinquished their former posts. The present Adjutant General, I should say, was off the Staff from March until November, 1876. I consider it a great advantage to have at Head-quarters officers who have had previous experience in other capacities in connection with Head-quarter Staff duties.