§ COLONEL NORTHasked the Secretary of State for War, Why those Cadets at Sandhurst who have passed their examinations on the A list, and thereby become entitled to Commissions without purchase, have not yet been Gazetted, as by the Warrant dated 27th December 1870, now in force, they are entitled to receive £450 for the same after a service of two years, and their case cannot therefore be affected by the passing of the Army Regulation Bill.
§ MR. CARDWELLsaid, in reply, that no officer who received his first commission since the introduction of the Army Regulation Bill would have the additional advantage of counting his service in order to obtain purchase money.
§ COLONEL NORTHBut the Warrant is still in force, and no notice has been given with regard to it.
§ MR. CARDWELLsaid, he had stated on a previous occasion that it was not intended to give any more first commissions on such terms as would carry a right to purchase money.