§ MR. CORNWALL LEGHsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if any Order has been issued by the War Department restricting the Paymasters of Embodied Militia Regiments from paying to the men the full amount of Bounty due to them at the expiration of each quarter in the aggregate sum of 5s., to which they are entitled, and instructing them to make this payment by instalments of 2d. per day during the thirty days next ensuing?
GENERAL PEELsaid, that no alteration whatever had been made in the regulation of November, 1857. That regulation directed that the bounty of 5s. should be payable at the end of each quarter, or at the rate of 2d. per day for thirty days previous to the termination of the quarter, whichever method the men might prefer.