HC Deb 31 May 1875 vol 224 c1130
COLONEL JERVIS

asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether the Staff Corps in India was formed by a Royal Warrant which regulated their pay as well as their rank?

LORD GEORGE HAMILTON

Yes, Sir; they were formed by a Royal Warrant in 1861, which regulated their pay as well as their rank. The Warrant, he might add, was issued, not on the recommendation of the Secretary of State for War, but of the Secretary of State for India.