Commander CRAIGasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether the promotion of temporary Volunteer Reserve officers, attached to the 63rd Royal Naval Division, is a matter which has been transferred from the Admiralty to the War Office; and whether these officers come within the Report of the Churchill Committee and are entitled to be confirmed in the acting rank in which they have served at the front?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe promotion of these officers is carried out by the Admiralty, and I must refer my hon. and gallant Friend to my right hon. Friend the Financial Secretary to the Admiralty.