§ SIR HENRY HAVELOCKasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether any arrangement has yet been arrived at with the India Office by which the system of short service, necessary for forming a reserve, has been made compatible with the demands of Indian military service; and, if so, whether he will lay the papers on this subject upon the Table of the House before the Army Estimates are taken?
MR. GATHORNE HARDY,in reply, said, that last year he had made a proposition to the authorities of the India Office with a view of bringing the short-service system into harmonious action with the requirements of the Indian Military Service. The proposition had been submitted to the authorities in India, and they had subsequently made another proposition on that subject. This would, he believed, in no long time lead to a solution of the question.