§ Viscount WOLMERasked the Secretary of State for War what difference there is in the Royal Engineers Special Reserve to other regiments in the Special Reserve which justifies the preference given to officers of the Engineers in promotion?
§ Mr. TENNANTThe points which weighed were that the officers in question were specialists in submarine mining and electric lighting, and that the specific duties assigned to them on mobilisation made it desirable in the public interest to retain them. With reference to my answer of the 29th ultimo, I may 709W add that officers transferred from the Infantry Militia to the Special Reserve Infantry remained eligible for promotion to vacancies.