§ MR. NOELsaid, he would beg to ask the Under Secretary for War whether the Government will give to those of Her Majesty's officers who are ordered to rejoin their regiments in India before the expiration of their leave, on account of the mutiny in that country, a free passage, or whether they will be compelled to return there at their own expense?
§ SIR JOHN RAMSDENsaid, the point to which the hon. Gentleman alluded at that moment formed the subject of communication between the War Department and the India Board. At present he was not in a condition to state whether any decision had been come to upon the subject.
§ SIR HARRY VERNEYsaid, he would express a hope that if a free passage were given to the officers of the Royal Army, the same privilege would also be extended to the officers of the Indian army.