HC Deb 16 June 1899 vol 72 cc1333-4
MR. ARNOLD-FORSTER (Belfast, W.)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the reorganisation of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, the right of officers serving in the mounted and garrison branches respectively will be re-established.

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. WYNDHAM,) Dover

The practice alluded to was at all times tempered by selection for Horse and Mountain Batteries. It involved an undesirable amount of complicated manipulation, and was therefore abolished in 1891. There is no intention to restore it.