§ 61. Sir B. FALLEasked if it is possible, under existing Army Regulations, for an officer, regular or temporary, to be ranked G.S.O.I. without having gone through the Staff College or through Clare College, or other Staff course, if any, or if service in the field or the expressed wish of an officer commanding a division or Army corps can set aside or override such Regulation, if such exists?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThere is no Regulation which bars an officer who has not passed through a Staff college or Staff course from promotion on the Staff, provided that he is in every respect fitted for promotion. It is in the interest of general efficiency that the relative qualifications of all Staff officers who are eligible for promotion should be considered in this connection and not the wishes of one subordinate commander.