§ MR. DARBY GRIFFITHsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War how many of the vacancies of Cornetcies of Cavalry Regiments, which were sixty-five in January, 1860, have been filled up; and whether he remains of the opinion expressed in his Letters to his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief, of the 11th November, 1859, and to the Treasury, of the 23rd of January, 1860, that the discontinuance of the stoppage of pay for forage to the Officers of the Cavalry was essential to obtaining a due succession of Officers for that branch of the service?
§ MR. SIDNEY HERBERTsaid, that thirteen of those vacancies had been filled up. He had never expressed the opinion attributed to him by the hon. Member in the second part of his question. He held the opinion that the discontinuance of the stoppage of pay for forage to the Officers of the Cavalry was but fair and just towards those Officers; but he did not think he had stated that it was necessary for the purpose of securing a succession of Officers for the regiments.