§ MR. GREGORYsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, If any reply has been given to the Memorial of the Officers of the Military Store Department; and, if not, when a reply may be expected; and, whether there is any objection to lay the Memorial and the Reply upon the table?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONsaid, that no Memorial signed by the Officers of the Military Store Department as a body had been received. He might also state that no such Memorial would be received. It was contrary to the principles of discipline to allow such a Memorial signed collectively to be presented. A Memorial, however, had been received from individual Store Officers representing their grievances, and was still under consideration. The principal grievance complained of was want of promotion, and stagnation of progress; but that had arisen, as far as he was aware, from exceptional circumstances. It would not be desirable to communicate to the House any correspondence which had taken place between the 1124 War Department and individual Store Officers; but, if the hon. Gentleman wished for further information he should be happy to give it in Committee on the Army Estimates.