§ GENERAL SHUTEasked the Secretary of State for War, with reference to the 1966 statement that Militia Lieutenants wishing to pass into the Line would, after the end of the year 1878, have to do so by competitive examination, Whether young officers at present in the Militia would be exempted from that rule?
§ M. GATHORNE HARDY,in reply, said, the rules which it was proposed to issue would apply to all officers after the end of 1878.