HC Deb 17 June 1858 vol 150 c2252
LORD BURGHLEY

said, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the Commander in Chief has the power to direct the sale, on the public account, of such Commissions in the Army as are at present disposed of at the Horse Guards without purchase?

GENERAL PEEL

said, he believed that the Commander in Chief had not the power of directing the sale of any Commissions without the authority of the Secretary of State for War.