§ COLONEL HUGHES-HALLETTasked the Secretary of State for War, The number of vacancies in the subaltern ranks of the Royal Artillery; and, what steps, if any, will be taken to fill those vacancies other than by the usual routine of a competitive examination and passage through the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN), in reply, said, there were at present 20 vacancies for subaltern officers of the Royal Artillery. Steps were not contemplated for filling these vacancies otherwise than by ordinary appointments from the Royal Military Academy.