§ * SIR CHARLES W. DILKEI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he can state what is the present organisation of the Historical or Literary Department at the War Office since the relegation of the official histories of the South African and Russo-Japanese Wars to the Committee of Imperial Defence, with a subhead in Civil Service Estimates; and whether the review of publications of military interest has been the subject of examination by him since the last information was given by him to the House.
§ * MR. HALDANEAt present there is no Historical or Literary Department at the War Office. As regards the last 1770 part of the Question, I understand that the directions I gave with regard to these quarterly reviews have been adhered to.