MAJOR DICKSONwished to know, Whether it was perfectly clear to the Government that they would be acting legally by forcing Officers to retire from the service who had paid money for their commissions?
MR. GATHORNE HARDY,in reply, said, he was quite convinced that he would be acting legally in so doing. Her Majesty had power to remove Officers from the Army under any circumstances; but it was quite certain, on the other hand, that the House would not sanction the removal of any Officers who had paid for their commissions without compensation.