§ COLONEL NAGHTENasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether, having regard to the Order in Council of the 15th January 1878, which allows officers of the Royal Marines who entered the Service before April 1, 1870, to count their services from eighteen to twenty years of age towards retirement or pension, he will consider the advisability of allowing officers of the Army who joined it before the abolition of purchase to enjoy the same privilege?
§ COLONEL STANLEY, in reply, said, that, as the decision with respect to the Royal Warrant last year had been arrived at after careful consideration between the War Office and the Treasury, he was not prepared to consider the advisability of altering it.