§ COLONEL C. LINDSAYasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether those Adjutants of the Volunteer Force who were Field Officers in the Army when they were appointed, will be recommended for the step of honorary rank on retirement, according to the principle upon which Adjutants who hold the rank of Captain enjoy that privilege?
§ MR. CARDWELLSir, an adjutant, of whatever army rank, serves in the Volunteers as Captain. His Volunteer service, therefore, giving him on retirement a step of honorary rank, it gives him the honorary rank of Major. If a field officer of the Army becomes an adjutant of Volunteers, that service can give him no claim to a step of honorary rank for Army service.