§ SIR JOSEPH BAILEYasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether it is intended, when the new competitive system comes into operation on the 1st January 1878, to extend the age for superannuation in the case of candidates for Army Commissions from the Militia?
MR. GATHORNE HARDYMy hon. Friend, Sir, is mistaken as to the date of the new system. It will not come into operation till the 1st of January, 1879, and very shortly regulations will be published dealing with the question of age and all other matters connected with the subject.