HC Deb 25 March 1889 vol 334 c728
LORD CHARLES BERESFORD

asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether it is true that Captain Hall (Royal Navy) has been appointed to command a ship of war at sea, thereby causing a vacancy for the post of Naval Secretary to the Royal Commission on the System of Administration for the Naval and Military Services; if so, whether the vacancy is filled up by another Naval Officer; and, if not, whether it is intended to fill it up?

*MR. W. H. SMITH

It is the case that Captain Hall has recently been appointed to the command of a ship, and has therefore withdrawn from the post of one of the Secretaries to the Royal Commission; but as the Commission has very nearly completed its labours, it has not been thought necessary to appoint another Naval Officer.