§ MAJOR CURZONasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether an officer who failed to pass his examination for promotion in January 1884 will, if he passes the new simplified examination, be allowed to resume his former position in his regiment above those junior to him who did pass the examination in January 1884, and have been promoted over him?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTON, in reply, said, it was better to defer a decision in such a case until it arose. There was only one regiment in which the case referred to could occur; but it was better to wait until it occurred, and not decide on a hypothetical question.