§ MR. COURTHOPETo ask the Secretary of State for War how many appointments in provisional battalions have been offered to supernumerary majors who have hitherto served in infantry battalions now disbanded.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) One vacancy has occurred for a major. This was offered to all the majors of reduced battalions, who, with two exceptions, refused it. The two officers referred to made, however, certain conditions for accepting the appointment which could net be agreed to by this Department