§ SIR JOHN PAKINGTONinquired whether the Commissariat officers were to be allowed the Sebastopol clasp, and, if not, why not?
§ MR. FREDERICK PEELreplied, that it had been decided, with the concurrence of Lord Hardinge, and after communication with the Commander of the Forces in the Crimea, that, as a general rule, none but combatant officers should receive clasps commemorative of actions.