§ 5. Lieut.-Colonel HILDERasked the Secretary of State for War if he will consider the advisability in the case of junior officers retired under the scheme of Army reduction being given a step in rank on being placed in the reserve, as this would, in their being called upon, in case of emergency in the near future for active service, provide that they would have the seniority which their present degree of war experience would warrant?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSOfficers retired under the scheme of Army reductions will be granted such rank in the reserve as they are eligible for under Army Order 376 of 1918, which was 1900 framed to grant to officers the rank which their degree of war experience warranted.