* CAPTAIN PHILLPOTTS (Devonshire, Torquay)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether any decision has yet been arrived at respecting the disadvantage under which second lieutenants of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers labour, as compared with officers belonging to other branches of the Army, by the regulation now in force that compels them to serve three years in that rank before receiving promotion.
§ * MR. WYNDHAMThe matter is under consideration.
§ [No answer was given.]