§ GENERAL SHUTEasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he will consider the disadvantageous position in which officers are placed who are themselves subject to a system of forced retirement, while the Lieutenant Colonels of their regiments are not limited to a five years' command?
§ COLONEL STANLEY, in reply, said, the subject was considered by a Royal Commission that reported in August, 1877. The Royal Warrant was framed on its recommendations, and it was not proposed to make any alteration in the existing regulations.