§ Brigadier-General CHARTERISasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider the reduction of the staff at Bermudas which, according to the Army List, consists of one brigade major and seven other administrative staff officers to deal with a garrison of two companies of infantry and one company of Royal Engineers?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSI regret that a reduction is not possible. Apart from the brigade major, the officers referred to are in charge of the Royal Artillery, and the Royal Engineers, and Medical Army Service, Ordnance and Pay duties of the Command. It would not be possible to combine under one officer the work of one or more of his colleagues.