§ CAPTAIN STACPOOLEsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War what money will an Officer of Infantry receive on retiring from the Service as a Captain, supposing him to have served twelve years, and not purchased any steps; what money will an Officer of Infantry receive on retiring from the Service as a Captain, supposing him to have purchased his Ensigncy and Lieutenancy, but to have 933 been promoted to a Company without purchase; and suppose a Cavalry Officer who has purchased all his steps up to the rank of Captain (under the old regulations), exchanges with a Captain of Infantry, how is he to receive the difference of Commissions, as they are now of equal value?
§ MR. SIDNEY HERBERTwas understood to say that Captains of Infantry who had served for twelve years without having purchased any step would get £1,200, that was to say £100 for every year they had served; those who had bought the steps of Ensign and Lieutenant would receive £700 for the two steps, and £100 in addition for every year they served. As to his gallant Friend's last question, the matter was not yet definitively arranged.