§ MR. CAYLEYsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary of State for War, Whether it is allowable for Officers of Yeomanry Regiments to receive Commissions in Volunteer Corps?
§ VISCOUNT ENFIELDsaid, he also wished to inquire, Whether it is allowable that Militia Officers should receive such Commissions?
§ MR. SIDNEY HERBERTsaid, several applications had been addressed to him on the subject, and that the War Office had come to the decision—a decision which had, he believed, been acted upon by some Lords-Lieutenants of Comities—that as the raising of Volunteer Corps in many cases depended upon the exercise of the local influence of some particular individual, though some other person might eventually be placed in command of it when formed—that there would be no objection to allow Officers of Militia and Yeomanry Regiments to accept Commissions in Volunteer Corps, upon the understanding that when their regiments were called out for active service they should resign their Commissions in either the one force or the other.