§ SIR HENRY HOWORTH (Salford, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether the several generals in command at the front in South Africa were selected by the Secretary of State for War or by the Commander-in-Chief, or whether the responsibility for their selection was shared by the two officials just named; and, in the case of any general in command of a detached army in the field in South Africa, with whom does the responsibility of maintaining him in his position or of recalling him rest—with the Secretary of State for War, the Commander-in-Chief, or the General in supreme command of Her Majesty's forces in South Africa.
§ * THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. WYNDHAM,) DoverSelections for command in the field are made by the Commander-in-Chief subject to the approval of the Secretary of State. The general in chief command in the field has full powers in regard to his subordinate generals. There need be no mystery. Every selection put forward has been approved.