§ MAJOR F. C. RASCH (Essex, S.E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Mauritius is a General's Command, with a Brigadier General, Adjutant General, and Staff, and a garrison of 350 infantry, one battery, and one company Royal Engineers; and whether, as the Brigadier has recently been promoted, he will consider the advisability of suppressing the General and Staff before making a fresh appointment?
§ MR. BRODRICKThe Secretary of State is anxious to suppress superfluous staff appointments, but the garrison of Mauritius has been recently augmented, and it is not considered desirable to diminish the Staff.