§ 92. Mr. GWYNNEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if his attention has been called to the slow promotion of officers on the divisional officers list of the Royal Artillery; and, in view of the fact that these officers have risen from the ranks and have already seen many years' service before being placed on this list, he can arrange for some acceleration, so that instead of having to wait ten and twelve years for promotion, as is now often the case, lientenants on this list can get promotion more within the period taken by other officers in the Royal Artillery?
§ Mr. TENNANTPromotion on the list of district officers, Royal Artillery, is governed by establishment. On various occasions proposals have been made to introduce a system of time promotion for those officers, but experience has shown that although time promotion would benefit a few, still the present system confers the greatest benefit on the majority. Records show that normally promotion to captain on the district officer list compares favourably with that on either the Royal Field Artillery or the Royal Garrison Artillery lists, while promotion to major is very much quicker.