§ MR. H. S. NORTHCOTEasked the Secretary of State for War, If his attention has been called to the fact that, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 5 of the Royal Warrant for Pay and Promotion 1882, appointments of quartermasters in the Royal Engineers have recently been conferred on Warrant officers over forty years of age; and, if he will consider the advisability of so amending the Warrant as to substitute forty-five for forty years as the limit of age for such appointments?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTON,in reply, said, that there had only been one case in which the appointment had been conferred under 40 years of age. It was under consideration to extend, in certain cases, the age under which the position of quartermaster might be conferred.