§ MR. ASHTON (Bedfordshire, Luton)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether a Director-General of Army Finance has been appointed in place of Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson; if not, whether it is intended to appoint such an officer, and, if the office of Director-General is to be abolished or held in suspense, whether an Order in Council will be necessary to regularise the alteration; and upon what officer will the duties of the Director-General of Army Finance devolve.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) An officer has been appointed, with the title of Assistant Financial Secretary, to take the place of Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson as accounting officer to the War Office and to carry on the duties of the post of Director - General of Army Finance, with the exception of contract questions, which will go to the Director of Contracts. The terms of the necessary Order in Council are now under consideration.