§ LORD ELCHOI beg to ask the noble Lord the Secretary of State for War a Question of which I have given him private Notice—namely, Whether he can 895 inform the House, without detriment to the Public Service, to what purpose officers holding Her Majesty's commission have been invited to volunteer for this foreign service?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONGeneral Sir Evelyn Wood has lately asked for the services of a considerable number of British officers—I presume with the object of employing them in the now brigade that is being organized. Such English officers as have served the Egyptian Government have done so as volunteers.