§ COLONEL ALEXANDERasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether permission to retire on full pay has been refused to several field officers who are entitled to it, on the grounds that no funds are available for this purpose; and, whether any of these officers have been pronounced medically unfit for further service?
§ MR. GATHOENE HARDY, in reply, said, officers in the Army had no right to retire on full pay unless sufficient funds were available. A limited sum was granted for the purpose, and unless vacancies occurred it was impossible for officers to retire on full pay. Two Majors had been reported as medically unfit for further service. One of these officers 203 had just received full pay from the fund in consequence of a vacancy, and the other would also receive it when a vacancy occurred.