§ MR. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT (Sheffield, Eccleshall)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether any permanent appointments will be given to Captains of Militia who are over twenty-four years of age, who are employed with the depôts of the Line, when their services are no longer required at those depôts; whether it would be possible to offer those officers, who are well reported on and recommended, appointments in the "Commissariat and Transport Corps" or "Ordnance Store Department" on the conclusion of their Line service at these depôts, as by recent regulations Militia officers under twenty-four years of age so employed will be eligible for appointments in the Army; and, whether each case will be considered on its merits?
THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN)&c.) (Stirling,There are no permanent appointments available for the officers referred to. The present organization of the Commissariat and Transport Corps and of the Ordnance Store Department does not admit of the employment of such officers with those corps.