§ 25. Mr. BUTCHERasked the Undersecretary of State for War whether the recent Army Order dealing with promotion to general's rank means that hitherto seniority and not selection has been the principle upon which such promotions have been made?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe Army Order in question refers solely to promotion to the rank of full general, which, apart from special cases of distinguished service in the field, has been governed by seniority. In future all promotions to that rank will 205 be by selection, which has for many years been the sole principle upon which promotions to the ranks of lieutenant-general and major-general and appointments carrying the rank of brigadier-general have been made.