HC Deb 31 January 1860 vol 156 cc329-30
LORD WILLIAM GRAHAM

said he wished to ask the Secretary of State for War, Whether he has taken into consideration the Oath taken by recruits on attestation, with a view to an alteration of the same? He (Lord W. Graham) thought that a declaration might be substituted for the oath that the recruit would obey the commands of all the officers that were set over him.

MR. SIDNEY HERBERT

said, the Oath of Allegiance did not cover the answers which the recruit had to make to the questions of the magistrates. The oath was, however, under consideration.