HC Deb 06 August 1877 vol 236 c471
SIR ALEXANDER GOEDON

asked the Secretary of State for War, If he will state to the House how many General Officers will be placed on the Retired List at the age of seventy for the sum of £24,166, the amount of the Supplementary Estimate laid before the House for the purpose of providing such retirement?

MR. GATHORNE HARDY,

in reply, stated that it was expected that the number of General Officers who would be placed on the Retired List at the age of 70 for the sum of £24,166, the amount of the Supplementary Estimate laid before the House for the purpose of providing such retirement, would be 99.