19 and 20. Captain PEELasked (19) when it is proposed to alter the designation of the Special Reserve Battalions in the "London Gazette" from Special Reserve of Officers to Special Reserve or Special Reserve Infantry, thereby making it more clear to the general public that this force may contain men as well as officers; and (20) whether he intends, now that the fourth extra Reserve battalions have been deprived of their Regular engagement officers, to reintroduce the appointment of a Special Reserve Officer as instructor of musketry, as used to be the custom in former days, instead of attaching some strange officer to a battalion for the musketry period, which appears to be the present practice?
§ Colonel SEELYThis question is now being considered.