§ CAPTAIN PIMasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, If he will state on what authority officers on the Retired List can be called on for active service, and in what respect they differ from officers on the Reserved List or on half-pay in their liability for active service; whether the liability of retired officers to be called on for active service is regulated by Order in Council or by the Statute Law; and, if he will inform the House the authority by which
The Admiralty has power to remove from the list of the Royal Navy any officer whatever, whether on full-pay, half-pay, or on the Retired List, and this without reason assigned?
§ MR. A. F. EGERTON (for the First Lord of the Admiralty)said: Sir, I have to inform the hon. and gallant Member that officers on the Reserved or Retired List can be called upon for active service by Order in Council, according to the Queen's Regulations, cap. 7, sec. 3, art. 1. The power of the Admiralty to remove the names of officers from the list of the Royal Navy rests on immemorial usage, and is an exercise of the prerogative of the Crown.