§ LORD GARLIESasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether the interests of the Colonels on half-pay who have sacrificed the whole of their commission money to the Reserve Fund will be respected in the future arrangements; and, whether they will in their turn succeed to the rank of Major General, for which object they have sacrificed their money and the best portion of their lives in the Service?
§ MR. CARDWELLSir, the officers in question have not forfeited any money to the Reserve Fund. They still hold their commissions, and if they wish to sell them provision for their purchase is made in the Bill.