§ Colonel YATEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether officers of the Reserve of Officers who were recalled on mobilisation are eligible, if qualified, for promotion according to their seniority?
§ Mr. TENNANTYes, Sir; but the exact conditions under which such promotion will be given are not yet finally determined.
§ Colonel YATEasked when the promotions of regimental officers to fill the vacancies caused by officers of higher rank being killed, taken prisoners, or missing, as well as the promotions in the place of lieutenant-colonels promoted to be brigadier-generals, will be gazetted?
§ Mr. TENNANTThe gazetting of promotions to fill the places of officers who have been killed has always been kept up to date. Promotions to fill the places of officers taken prisoners or missing are being gazetted as rapidly as circumstances permit, but as they involve ante-dates consequent on their having retrospective effect, it necessitates a review of all the promotions that have been made since the beginning of the War. The question of promotions in the place of lieutenant-colonels appointed brigadier-generals is still under consideration.