§ MAJOR O'BEIRNEasked the Secretary of State for War, If it is contemplated, since the introduction of the system of enlistment for short service, either to modify or abolish the penalties and disadvantages that non-commissioned officers and soldiers of good character are subject to for marrying without leave?
§ COLONEL STANLEY, in reply, said, that no penalty, as the hon. and gallant Member appeared to suppose, attached to soldiers marrying; but the number who were allowed quarters and rations in barracks by regulations had been restricted to 4 per cent of the strength of the regiment within a comparatively recent date. He was not prepared to suggest any alterations in the present regulations.