§ DR. THOMPSONI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he will explain why two officers from English regiments were appointed to the command of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers over the heads of the officers of the regiment who had served throughout the whole of the South African campaign, and several of whom were mentioned in despatches and decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal.
LORD STANLEYThese two officers were appointed during the campaign to fill the places of an officer who had been killed in action and an officer who had been appointed to the staff at the time when the Senior Major was about to retire, the next senior had just been killed in action, and the two next had not qualified for promotion.
§ MR. TULLY () Leitrim, S.Was it not the case that the Irish officers were killed, and the English officers got the rewards?
(No answer was returned.)