§ COLONEL WARING (Down, N)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether it is true, as currently reported, that only 30 commissions in the Army are to be offered for competition to Militia Lieutenants in September; and, if so, why the number has been reduced at a time when the number of competitors is unusually large?
§ MR. BRODRICKNo, Sir; it is not true. The usual number of Line commissions—namely, 75, will be offered to Militia candidates in September.