Sir GILBERT PARKERasked the Secretary of State for War if any, and what, progress is being made in arranging for the interchange of military offices between the Colonies and the Mother Country; whether any increase in the number of Colonial officers employed in the British Army is likely to take place in the near future; and if he will state how many Canadian officers who have taken the course in the Military College at Kingston, Ontario, are at present employed in the British Army?
§ Mr. HALDANEConsiderable progress has been made in working out the administrative details necessary, and it is hoped that a scheme will shortly be ready for transmission to the various Colonial Governments for their consideration. It is hoped that as soon as these matters have been settled a considerable increase in the number of interchanges will be effected. There are 134 officers on the active list who obtained their commissions in the Regular Army through the Royal Military College, Kingston, eleven in the Reserve of Officers, and thirty on the Retired List.