§ SIR JOHN PAKINGTONasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he ntends to realize the hope he held out ast year to the officers of the 3rd West 1004 India Regiment, that they should as speedily as possible be restored to full pay, or in any other way to mitigate the hardship which has befallen the officers of that Regiment, in consequence of its having been so suddenly disbanded?
§ COLONEL BARTTELOTasked a similar question respecting the Cape Mounted Rifles and of the Canadian Rifles?
§ MR. CARDWELLSir, my right hon. Friend knows how little patronage is at the disposal of the Secretary of State. I have employed that little exclusively in providing for claims of this nature, and I have every reason to believe that in the disposal of his patronage His Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief has not been unmindful of their claims. Although provision had to be made for all the officers of four regiments, including the Cape Mounted Rifles, and Canadian Rifles, and ten Depôt Battalions, I am informed that in the particular regiment referred to two field officers, two captains, eight lieutenants, and all the ensigns have already been provided for.