§ LORD GARLIESsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War. If he will lay upon the Table of the House, the Correspondence between the War Office and the Horse Guards, which resulted in the Circular (now before the House) of the Horse Guards of 24th April, in reference to marking Deserters with the letter D; and. if any Officer confirming the sentences of Courts Martial has approved or confirmed any illegal sentence in regard to marking, Deserters?
§ MR. CARDWELLSir, the Correspondence has not yet been brought to a close, and I am not prepared to say that I shall lay it before the House. The House is already aware that a Circular has been issued from the Horse Guards prohibiting the marking a second time. But I am not prepared to declare that any officer continuing the sentence of a court martial has been guilty of an illegal practice.