COLONEL DICKSONsaid, he would beg to ask the Under Secretaty of State for War, Upon what principle Officers of the Militia receive less pay when called out for twenty-one days than when embodied for a longer period?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONsaid, in reply, that the rates of pay were fixed some time back, when the present Act was passed, and it had not been deemed necessary to make any change. It was only 661 the higher Officers of Militia who received a lower rate of pay when called out for a short period of training, and they were usually gentlemen who accepted commissions for the sake of the position which they thus obtained, without regard to the amount of pay. No difference whatever was made in the pay of subalterns. He had heard no complaints in regard to the present rates.