§ SIR HENRY HAVELOCK (for Major BEAUMONT)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether, when Captains hold appointments in the Topographical or Adjutant General's Department for five years without being seconded, he will consider the case of Subalterns who may, in consequence, be called upon to do the duty of their senior Officers?
MR. GATHORNE HARDY, in reply, said, that in the absence of their commanding officers, the command of their companies naturally devolved upon the subalterns in accordance with the custom of the Service, and was not held to be one of those duties for which extra pay should be given.