MAJOR ALLENasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether it is true that Cadets at Sandhurst who passed out at the last Examination, and are entitled to Commissions without purchase, are not receiving them, while other Cadets, who passed at the same time but considerably below them on the list, are allowed to purchase Commissions; and, if so, whether such an arrangement is not a departure from the understanding on which Cadets at Sandhurst are allowed to enter the Army?
§ MR. CARDWELLsaid, in reply, that all first commissions, purchased or non- 1386 purchased, were suspended during the progress of the Army Regulation Bill, except in the case of young cadets who had already lodged their money and wished to continue the deposit.