§ MAJOR RASCH (Essex, S.E.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether certain commissions for the Army have been allotted to the head master of Eton; and will the recipients be allowed to pass without the usual competitive examination.
§ * MR. WYNDHAMNineteen commissions have been assigned to public schools, of which two have been allotted to Eton. The nominees will be treated like the other recipients of direct commissions, and will not be required to pass a competitive examination.
§ MAJOR RASCHWhat is the reason for this extraordinary preference?
§ * MR. WYNDHAMI pointed out some time ago that all those who received direct commissions were to be twenty years of age. I announced that twenty commissions would be given to public schools, and as a matter of fact nineteen have been given.