§ MR. BRADLAUGH (Northampton)(for Mr. LABOUCHERE) (Northampton) asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he is aware that, by a Royal Warrant of 22nd January, 1887, a Corporal of the Royal Engineers has been promoted to Company Sergeant Major, over the heads of Sergeants of many years standing, and also that junior Sergeants have been promoted to Company Sergeant Major over senior Sergeants; and, whether it is intended to reinstate in their former position of seniority those Sergeants who have been superseded?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)My answer to the first part of the Question of the hon. Member is "Yes;" and to the second, that it is not intended to reinstate these Sergeants. The Warrant to which he refers has simply extended to the Royal Engineers provisions which have been in force for the other arms since 1882. It applies only to Volunteer Instructors.