HC Deb 23 May 1878 vol 240 c498
SIR ALEXANDER GORDON

asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether there were any Order or Orders by Her Majesty in Council, or by the Governor General of India in Council, altering the terms and conditions of service of men entering the Indian Forces from what these terms and conditions were on the 2nd August, 1858; if so, if they had been laid before Parliament according to the 52nd section of 21 & 22 Vict. c. 706; and, if so, whether he would state the dates on which such Order or Orders were laid on the Table of the House?

MR. E. STANHOPE

Since the date mentioned by the hon. and gallant Member there has been no change in the terms of enlistment and service of the Native portion of Her Majesty's Indian Forces.