§ MR. S. F. ORMSBY-GORE (Lincolnshire, Gainsborough)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, if Major Burnham, late chief scout on the staff of Earl Roberts in South Africa, was an applicant for the post of instructor of scouting at Aldershot; and, if so, can he state why, taking into consideration this officer's experience in that department of warfare, his claims were not favourably entertained.
§ MR. BRODRICKI am afraid my hon. friend is under a misapprehension. There is no such post at Aldershot.