§ Mr. LANSBURYasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he will give the number and rank of quartermasters employed at the War Office in January, 1914; and the number and rank of those employed at the present time?
Lieut.-Colonel GUINNESSThe total numbers, including analogous posts such as commissaries of ordnance, were in 1914, 18; now 41. In 1914 the number of quartermasters employed in the War Office was 14, of whom 1 was an hon. major, 4 were hon. captains and 9 hon. lieutenants. In addition, and in the same category, were 4 other officers, of whom 2 were hon. captains and deputy-commissaries of ordnance, 1 was an hon. lieutenant and assistant commissary of ordnance, and 1 an hon. lieutenant and assistant paymaster, Army Pay Corps, making a total of 18. At the present time there are 30 quartermasters, of whom 2 are lieut.-colonels, 6 majors, 10 captains, and 12 lieutenants. In addition, and in the same category, there64W are 11 other officers as follows: 1 captain and deputy-commissionary of ordnance, 3 captains and assistant commissaries of ordnance, 2 captains (district officers) Royal Artillery, 2 lieutenants and inspectors of ordnance machinery, 1 lieutenant assistant inspector of Royal Engineers machinery, and 1 captain and 1 lieutenant (assistant paymaster) Army Pay Corps, making a total of 41.