§ MR. A. J. BALFOURasked the Secretary of State for India, Whether it is true that the office of Commander-in-Chief at Bombay has just been filled up; and, if so, whether it is to be understood that the recommendation of the Simla Army Commission as to the abolition of the offices of Commander-in-Chief at Madras and Bombay has been rejected by the Government?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTON,in reply, said, that he had recently heard of the nomination of an officer to succeed to the appointment of Commander-in-Chief at Bombay. The officer named was General Arthur Hardinge, who would be appointed on the understanding that the appointment would be made subject to any arrangement that might be effected as to his tenure of office. The recommendations of the Army Commission were at present under the consideration of the Government of India, and he expected shortly to receive from them some recommendations founded on the Report.