§ MR. PERCY WYNDHAMasked the Secretary of State for War, What security the Government possessed that the thirty English officers who had left and were leaving this Country, in order to officer the troops of the Khedive, might not be in the future employed in the subjection of the tribes of the Soudan; and, whether their being so employed would not increase the responsibilities of this Country with regard to Egypt?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONSir Evelyn Wood's Army, in which these officers have been permitted to serve, was raised and organized for the defence of Egypt Proper, and for the maintenance of order there. It is commanded by a General Officer on the Active List, who, as well as the officers serving under him, remain under the orders of the War Office, and could not undertake any service disapproved of by Her Majesty's Government.