§ SIR WALTER B. BARTTELOTasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he will take care that the Annual Report of the Inspector General of Recruiting, and also the Preliminary Return of the British Army (presented last year on the 18th of April), may both be presented before the discussion on the Army Estimates is taken?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN)I hope to pre sent the Report of the Inspector General of Recruiting in the course of a few days. With regard to the preliminary general Annual Return, I will do my best to hasten its completion; but I cannot at present make any promise on the subject.