§ SIR WILLIAM SCOTTsaid, he would beg to ask the Under Secretary of State 1527 for War, Whether the Act 44 Geo. III., c. 54, or any regulations for the conduct of the Volunteer Force, framed under the provisions of that or any other Act relating thereto, renders Volunteers amenable to a Military Court of Inquiry, or to Military Law, when they are not under arms, on duty, or in the uniform and accoutrements of the corps?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONsaid, in reply, that no Volunteers, except members of the permanent staff, were amenable to military law, unless when they were called out for actual service, nor was a Volunteer amenable to a military Court of Inquiry. It was within the power of Commanding Officers of Volunteer Corps, if they thought fit, to summon a Volunteer Court of Inquiry, which had only power to take evidence and report for the information of the Lord Lieutenant of the County.