SIR HOWARD VINCENTI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War if the two proposed assistants to the Inspector General of Auxiliary Forces may be officers, the one having practical experience of the interior economy of the Militia, and the other of urban Volunteers, and not merely Regular officers without personal experience; and whether, in order that such assistants may be always thoroughly qualified, their appointment may be limited to two or three years.
§ * MR. WYNDHAMOfficers having practical experience of the interior economy of the Militia and Volunteers respectively will be selected for these posts. It is not proposed to restrict the choice in the latter case to officers connected with the urban Volunteers. The tenure will be that of ordinary staff appointments—five years.