§ MR. A. MOOREasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether the Regimental Debts Act, 1863, and the Royal Warrant under that Act, in which it is provided that the effects of deserters be forfeited to the Crown, apply to the entire Army?
§ COLONEL STANLEYSir, I apprehend that the Regimental Debts Act and the Royal Warrant apply to the Army generally; but some reservations appear to have been made on this point by the legal authorities at the time when the subject was under consideration.