§ SIR JOHN TRELAWNYsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary of State for War, Whether there is not an Order of the Horse Guards still in force according to which all Officers on the Staff are only allowed to hold their appointments for five years, and whether at this moment there fire not three Officers holding appointments in contravention of that rule?
SIR GEORGE LEWISsaid, the general rule was as the hon. Baronet had stated, but in some exceptional cases it was not strictly enforced.
§ SIR JOHN TRELAWNYsaid, he wished to ask, whether the rule applied to such appointments as that held by the Duke of Cambridge?
SIR GEORGE LEWISsaid, the appointment which the Duke of Cambridge held was not considered a staff appointment, to which the rule applied.