§ SIR DAVID WEDDERBURNasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether it is the case that, since April last, the Instructor of Military Law, &c. at the School of Military Engineering, Chatham, has been absent from duty, no substitute has been appointed, and that the classes have been altogether abandoned; and on what ground the instruction in this important subject has been allowed to be discontinued?
§ MR. CHILDERSIn reply to my hon. Friend, I have to state that the Instructor of Military Law, History, and Strategy at Chatham did not discontinue his classes, although in bad health, until the 8th of June, and in the summer this course is not generally proceeded with on account of the officers being engaged in out-door studies. But the Instructor 26 is on the point of promotion, and it will be necessary to appoint a successor at once, when the instruction in these subjects will be resumed.