§ Sir W. PRESCOTTasked the Secretary of State for War whether the selection board, mentioned on page 2052 of the Army List, deals with cases of departmental corps for promotion to lieutenant-colonel; and, if not, who discharges these functions, and what members sit on the selection board for the Royal Army Veterinary Corps to consider qualifications for promotion to lieutenant-colonel in that corps?
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§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSAs far as the Royal Army Veterinary Corps is concerned, the answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The last part, therefore, does not arise.
§ Sir W. PRESCOTTasked the Secretary of State for War whether, until the end of last year, no examination is, or has been since the War, necessary for promotion to lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, and as veterinary histories of campaigns form the basis of examination for administrative appointments, whether any veterinary history of the treat War has been compiled to enable candidates to answer questions put to them; and, if no such history has been compiled, when may such be anticipated?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. Examinations for promotion were, however, re-introduced this year. In regard to the last part of the question, the questions in the recent examination were based on the veterinary particulars given in a published work entitled, "A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, July, 1917, to October, 1918," which has been compiled from official sources. The compilation of a general veterinary history of the Great War is under consideration.