§ MR. PIRIEI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he can explain on what principle commissions as captains in the regular Army have been given to several officers from the Imperial Yeomanry, thus making these officers senior to some sixty Cavalry subalterns with five years Army service and upwards, these latter having obtained their commissions, after passing through a course of Military study and examinations, and many of them being on active service; will he state on what principle were the regiments selected in which stoppage of promotion took place consequent on such appointments; and in future, will greater care be taken by granting such commissions to Yeomanry officers as lieutenants in the first instance, so as to avoid supersession by these officers of officers who have already several years regular Army service.
§ MR. BRODRICKThese commissions were granted by the Commander-in-Chief after careful consideration and in the public interest.