§ COLONEL BARTTELOTasked the Under Secretary of State for India, with reference to a statement made by him on the 21st of March, in answer to a Question which he put to him, Whether the scheme which is under consideration to induce Field Officers of the Indian Army to retire is intended to apply to Field Officers generally, or to those only who are unemployed?
MR. GRANT DUFFSir, the scheme to which I alluded in my reply to my hon. and gallant Friend was one submitted by the Government of India, and which had for its object a reduction in the number of surplus and unemployed officers in that country, so as to save expense. There is no desire on the part of Her Majesty's Government to dispense with the services of any of the very efficient officers who are at present employed in that country.