§ 20. Mr. KINGasked the Secretary of State for War whether Lieutenant Bertrand Stewart has been gazetted a captain of the West Kent Queen's Own Yeomanry as from April 19th last; whether at that date Lieutenant Stewart was suffering imprisonment; and whether his promotion is to be regarded as a reward for orders carried out by him on foreign service or as compensation for his foreign incarceration?
§ Colonel SEELYCaptain Bertrand Stewart was the senior subaltern of his regiment, and, being fully qualified, was promoted to fill a vacancy in the ordinary course.