§ MAJOR RASCH (Essex, S.E.)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether officers of the Ordnance Store Department who have been advanced for field service have received promotions to the rank of Deputy Commissary General, to the detriment of officers of longer service and equal merit, but who have not served in the field?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)There is one Deputy Commissary General who has been promoted to that rank for field service; but he is supernumerary in the rank, and therefore does not impede any officer's promotion to the rank.