§ MAJOR ANSONsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, What he proposes doing in order to remedy the present supersession of the British Colonels by the Colonels of the Indian Army?
§ MR. CARDWELLIn answer, Sir, to my hon. and gallant Friend, I have to state that his Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, the Duke of Argyll, and I have had many consultations on this very complicated question, and have determined upon the course to be recommended for the sanction of the Queen. In a few days I will communicate the particulars to the House.