Mr. Davidsonasked the Secretary of State for War why, at the present time, the essential qualifications for promotion to field-officer rank are that the applicant should either be a regular soldier or a product of the staff college?
§ Sir E. GriggExcept for substantive promotion in the Regular Army, all promotion, including promotion to field rank, is to acting rank within approved war establishments, and officers are selected for such acting rank on merit without regard to any other consideration.