§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether a gentleman from another regiment has been appointed to the command in the Royal Irish Rifles rendered vacant by the death of Colonel Eager, who died from wounds in the Natal campaign; and what explanation, if any, has the War Office to offer for the passing over of the officers of the Royal Irish Rifles who fought in that campaign.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe reply to the first paragraph is in the affirmative. As regards the second paragraph I have on a previous occasion endeavoured to make clear to the hon. Member that the selection of such commanding officers is made by the Commander-in-Chief and the Army Board.