CAPTAIN PRICEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether it is the case that several gunnery lieutenants are now on half pay; and, if that is so, whether, considering the expense to the State at which these officers have been trained, he will consider the propriety of appointing them as supernumeraries to the gunnery ships, or elsewhere where their special knowledge may be of service?
§ MR. A. F. EGERTON,in reply, said, it was true that a certain number of these officers—he believed eight—were on half-pay. It was not desirable to appoint them to the supernumerary list, as the staff for the gunnery ships was complete and fully adequate to meet the requirements of the Service. Moreover, such appointments could not be made without obtaining a Vote.