§ MAJOR O'REILLYsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, Whether, under the Militia Regulations, a Militiaman who is absent from a parade is liable to the stoppage of his day's pay; and whether, as the families of Militiamen in training are dependent 678 on their pay for support, it would not be desirable, considering the distress alleged at present to be existing in many districts, to direct the adoption of other punishments in lieu of stoppage of pay?
SIR GEORGE LEWISsaid, that militiamen, when under training, were subject to the provisions of the Mutiny Act and the Articles of War, and by one of those articles power was given to the commanding officer to stop the pay, and there was no regulation guiding the discretion of the officer with respect to applications of the nature referred to by the hon. Member.