§ CAPTAIN NORTONTo ask the Secretary of State for War whether he can see his way to continuing the training of the military cadets after they leave the Royal Military College, either by attaching them as supernumeraries, or by sending them through courses of musketry, equitation, engineering, and topography; and also whether their permanent postings to regiments can be accelerated by absorbing only one supernumerary in every two vacancies.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) It is intended to give the cadets at the College a thorough training in all the subjects mentioned, and no necessity should arise for attaching them for special courses. A considerable number of supernumeraries have already been allowed so as to obviate as far as possible delay in gazetting, but in the case of candidates who prefer to wait for vacancies in special regiments, considerable extra delay may arise.