MAJOR KNOXsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, Whether Officers who were in Cavalry Regiments at the time that the General Order of the 23rd day of February, 1860, was issued, and are still serving, are entitled to select Chargers from the ranks; and, if so, whether they have been in all cases permitted to do so, and to dispose of the Horses previously bought by them for the purpose?
§ MR. SIDNEY HERBERTsaid, the change would be applicable for the future to all officers who were in those cavalry regiments; but officers would not be allowed to sell the chargers they now possessed in order to select horses out of the ranks. The effect of taking some forty horses out of the ranks would very much reduce the efficiency of the regiment.