§ MR. LABOUCHEREasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether the statement is correct, that has appeared in The Times, that "Prince Henry of Battenberg is to be appointed a Captain in the 1st Life Guards;" whether, if so, he will be required to pass tie usual examinations for a commission in the Army; whether the rank is merely honorary or will he receive the pay attached to a regimental captaincy; and, whether the said captaincy will be an additional one to the usual number of captaincies of the regiment; and, if not, how the question of the right of the officer entitled by seniority of service to this promotion will be met?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN)No, Sir; no such proposal has been brought before the Secretary of State.