HC Deb 20 March 1860 vol 157 cc932-3
CAPTAIN STACPOOLE

said, 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 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 HERBERT

was 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.