§ MR. KIMBER (Wandsworth)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he would consider the advisability of granting to all colonels who have been employed in that rank, and who are compulsorily retired for age, a step of honorary rank.
§ MR. BRODRICKNo, Sir. That system was abandoned some years ago, and it would be inadvisable to give the rank of general to officers who have not been so employed.