§ MR. HAYTERasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he proposes to put in force Paragraphs 15 and 16, Clause 9, of the General Regulations for the Retirement of Officers of the Auxiliary Forces, dated War Office, May 28th 1872, by which officers above sixty years of age are to be called upon to resign their Commissions, unless specially recommended by the General Officer Commanding the District, such recommendation, in the absence of any counter report, to continue in force for five years; and, whether any officers drawing full pay of Her Majesty's Forces, are allowed to hold any Commission, except that of Honorary Colonel, in the Auxiliary Forces?
§ COLONEL STANLEY,in reply, said, that in the Militia the regulations were strictly enforced. As far as the Yeomanry and Volunteers were concerned, the recommendations of the commanding officers were fully considered. A few officers on full pay were allowed to hold supernumerary commissions in the Yeomanry, when it was thought to be for the advantage of the Service.