§ COLONEL MAKINSasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Why Major James Samuel Derriman, of the Royal Marines, serving as Adjutant to the First Cumberland Artillery Volunteers, is not seconded in his rank in the same way that other officers of Royal Marines similarly serving as Adjutants to Volunteer Corps are seconded; and, if the pay of Major Derriman is included both in the Navy and Army Estimates?
§ MR. CAMPBELL - BANNERMANSir, as my Predecessor stated a few months ago, in reply to a similar Question by the hon. and gallant Member, Major Derriman, Royal Marine Artillery, has not been seconded while serving as adjutant of Volunteers, because the number of majors in the Marine Artillery is now in excess of the actual duty requirements for that rank, and an officer can be spared for such an employment without being replaced. Major Derriman is paid entirely from Army funds.