§ 19. General CROFTasked whether a brigadier appointed to command a brigade in 1917 or 1918 becomes senior in the field to a brigadier whose appointment dates from 1914, 1915, or 1916, if the former was senior to the latter in the Army List prior to the War; and, if not, when the alteration was made in the Regulation affecting such seniority?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONBrigadiers rank according to their substantive rank, and 800 not according to the date of their appointment. This Regulation was in force several years before the outbreak of war.
§ General CROFTDoes the hon. Gentleman not think that the time has come to reconsider this question?
§ Brigadier-General M'CALMONTIs it not a fact that if brigadiers did not rank according to their substantive rank, those who come home wounded would lose their seniority on receiving fresh appointments?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThat is so. With regard to my hon. and gallant Friend's question, this subject has been considered quite recently.