§ MR. BUCHANAN (Edinburgh, W.)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, What has been the result of the communications stated by the Under Secretary on the 25th March last to be in progress between the Viceroy and the Secretary of State in Council, with a view to putting all the forces in Upper and Lower Burma under the Commander in Chief; and, whether the troops in Upper and Lower Burma are still under separate commands?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham)The troops in Upper and Lower Burmah are still, as a temporary measure, retained under separate Commanders. As soon as the cool weather commences, when the troops in Burmah will be largely reinforced, Sir Herbert Macpherson, the Commander in Madras, will proceed to Burmah and take the personal command of the whole of the forces in both Upper and Lower Burmah.