§ MR. EASTWICKasked the Secretary of State for War, If he will lay upon the Table a classified Return for the 1st day of January 1871, of the officers of the several branches of the Army—Artillery, Engineers, Cavalry, and Infantry, showing the ranks in which they would be placed if their promotion were regulated on the conditions and by the length of service fixed for the Staff Corps of India,—viz., in the rank of Subaltern under 12 years, in that of Captain after 12 years, of Major after 20 years, of Lieutenant Colonel after 26 years, of Colonel after 31 years, and in receipt of Colonel's allowances after 38 years' service; similar Return of the officers of these several arms, showing the numbers in each of their respective ranks of Colonels in the receipt of Colonel's allowances, of Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Captain, and Subaltern; and, similar Return for the 1st day of January, 1864.
§ MR. CARDWELLwas understood to say that if the Returns were moved for, he would have no objection to lay them on the Table of the House.