§ MR. CONINGHAMsaid, he rose to ask the Secretary of State for War, What are the terms of the Regulation under which Lieutenant Colonel Charteris, who entered the Army in 1840, and who has not therefore completed his term of twenty-five years' service, is allowed the special indulgence of exchanging on half-pay with an Officer whose first Commission is dated 1830?
SIR GEORGE LEWISsaid, in reply, that a Royal Warrant was issued in January last, which embodied what was understood to be the Regulations formerly in force. That Warrant permitted one Officer to exchange with another Officer on half-pay. But it was not understood 1809 that the Warrant was to introduce any new conditions, and the constant practice of the War Department and the Horse Guards was in accordance with the Regulations before they were put into the shape of a Warrant.