SIR HENRY FLETCHER (Sussex, Lewes)asked the Secretary of State for War, If he would take into consideration the case of captains of Infantry Regiments who have completed 20 years' full-pay service, by giving them Brevet Majorities in order to prevent their being superseded by officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)It is impossible to maintain an exact equality of promotion in the different arms of the Service; and if this brevet were conceded it would not prevent the supersession of officers of long service by captains of less than 20 years' service in other arms. I may add that there do not appear at present to be more than five captains of Cavalry or Infantry who have completed 20 years' service.