§ General CROFTasked the Under-Secretary of State for War how many Ordnance officers of the first, second, third, and fourth classes were there on the Active List on the 1st August, 1914?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe figures are as follows:
Ordnance officer, 1st class 15 Ordnance officer, 2nd class 18 Ordnance officer, 3rd class 34 Ordnance officer, 4th class 58
§ General CROFTasked how many officers who have been granted commis- 184W sions as temporary lieutenants in the Army Ordnance Department since the 1st August, 1914, now hold each of the following ranks, namely, lieutenant-colonel, major, captain, and what percentage does the total number of individual promotions of these temporary officers bear to the total number of such officers?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe numbers are as follows:—
Lieutenant-Colonels Nil Majors 14 Captains 252 The percentage is 27.2. In addition to the promotions shown above, 30 officers are about to be gazetted to the rank of major.
§ General CROFTasked how many temporary lieutenants have been granted commissions in the Army Ordnance Department since the 1st August. 1914?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONOne thousand and eighty temporary lieutenants have been granted commissions since the 1st August, 1914, of which 989 are still serving with the Department.
§ General CROFTasked how many individual promotions to each of the following ranks, namely, major-general, brigadier-general, colonel, lieutenant-colonel, major (either permanent, temporary, or acting) have been made since the 1st August, 1914, amongst Ordnance officers of the first, second, third, and fourth classes, who were on the active list on the 1st August, 1914; and what percentage does the total number of such promotions bear to the total number of these officers?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe number of promotions is as follows:
The percentage is 77.6
Major-General 2 Brigadier-General 8 Ordnance Officer 1st Class (Colonel) 26 Ordnance Officer 2nd Class (Lieu-tenant-Colonel) 49 Ordnance Officer 3rd Class (Major) 12