§ COLONEL BARTTELOTasked the Secretary of State for "War, If he will state to the House the course he intends to take with regard to the Report and Recommendations of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into certain Memorials from Officers in the Army in reference to the Abolition of Purchase?
MR. GATHORNE HARDY, in reply, said, the Question was one which it would be impossible to answer within the limits of a reply to an interrogatory, even if he were prepared to state the course which he intended to pursue. The Report of the Commission was a very complicated and difficult one, and embraced considerations far beyond the question of compensation—for instance, the question of promotion in the Army. He could only say that he was sensible of the very great difficulty of the subject and its great importance, and he was giving it his utmost attention, with the view of bringing it to a satisfactory conclusion.