§ CAPTAIN NORTON (Newington, W.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for state for war whether he is aware that Militia officers who presented themselves at the last examination for entrance to the 731 Royal Military College, and who obtained more marks than some of these who went up at the same examination as military literary candidates, have been informed that they are not qualified from a literary point of view; whether he is aware that both classes of candidates had the same papers, and were marked according to the same standard; and if he will explain why the decision above referred to was arrived at.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe competitive examination for Sandhurst and the qualifying examination for Militia candidates for commissions are two distinct examinations of different categories of candidates, although, for convenience, the same papers are generally, though not always, used for both.