§ COLONEL STUART KNOXasked the Secretary of State for War, If, after the issue of the Royal Warrant, and up to the 1st of November next, Officers will be allowed, as heretofore, to sell their commissions; and, if so, whether their successors will be placed in the same pecuniary position as those they succeed; and if it is the intention of the Government at once to fill up the vacancies in the different Regiments, or, if not, whether they will without delay pay to Officers who have retired the money now due to them?
§ MR. CARDWELLSir, officers will be allowed as heretofore to sell their commissions until the 31st day of October inclusive, and their successors will be placed in the same pecuniary position as those they succeed. No vacancies will be filled up except without purchase, and the money now due to officers who have retired will be paid as soon as the Vote for that purpose shall have been passed.