COLONEL NORTHsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary for War whether those sergeants of regiments of militia who are now pensioners from the army, and who have volunteered for foreign service, will be allowed to count that service towards increase of pension?
§ MR. FREDERICK PEELsaid, the staff sergeants who were serving with the militia would receive, in addition to their pay, 1s. 6d. per day. Those who had volunteered for service in the East had been given a bounty of 3l., of which 2l. had been paid down, and 1l. expended in necessaries. Those who continued in the militia for twenty years would receive a pension in the militia in addition to that for their service in the army; but their services in the Mediterranean would not be 10 allowed to count in addition to their service in the army.
COLONEL NORTHsaid, they had no chance of living to that time, for they were old men at the present time.