§ Mr. Turtonasked the Secretary of State for War whether in assessing service for purposes of promotion from the rank of captain to that of major, quartermasters holding regular commissions are allowed to count three years' service during this war as six years' service.
§ Sir J. GriggNo, Sir. For promotion to substantive rank war service counts the same as peace service. It was, however, decided in 1942 that, as a wartime measure, quartermasters should be eligible for promotion to war substantive rank of Captain after three years commissioned service on full pay during the war.