§ SIR ARTHUR HAYTER (Walsall)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether, in the new Army scheme, the officers commanding army corps in Scotland and Ireland will merely replace the present officers commanding, inasmuch as the latter already command the whole of the troops in those countries; whether the army corps commander at Aldershot will replace the general commanding the division; whether the army corps at Salisbury will include the south-western district; and whether the London garrison, with the Militia and Volunteers, will be included in the command of the general commanding the army corps at Colchester, or of the officer commanding the home district.
§ MR. BRODRICKThe details of the scheme are not quite complete. When completed they will be published in the usual manner. In any case, the officers who command the army corps will be given far more extended powers than those they replace.
§ SIR ARTHUR HAYTERMay I ask whether there will be commanders-in-chief in Scotland and Ireland besides the officers commanding army corps?
§ MR. BRODRICKNo, Sir. Of course the post of commander-in-chief will be superseded, or rather merged in that of the commander of the army corps.