§ MR. PIRIE (Aberdeen, N.)To ask the Secretary of State for War, in view of the recent changes whereby officers are now provided with furnished quarters and supplied with chargers if in the mounted branches of the service, if he will consider the advisability of again placing the entrance examinations for cavalry and for infantry on an equal footing both as regards age and requirements, and of allowing the choice of the two services to candidates, in accordance with the number of marks they obtain, as is done in the Woolwich examinations for Engineers and Artillery.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) The suggestions of the hon. Member will be considered, but until the new system has been tested I am not prepared to advise any change.