§ MR. DIXON-HARTLANDasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether it is the case that officers of the Royal Marine Artillery and Royal Marine Light Infantry are disqualified by the Warrant of July 1881 from obtaining Adjutancies of Auxiliary and Reserve Forces; whether he has any objection to state whether any officers of the Royal Marine Force have, notwithstanding, been appointed to such Adjutancies since the issue of that Warrant; and, whether it is his intention to allow these appointments to be similarly filled in future?
§ MR. CHILDERSIn reply to the hon. Member, I have to say that it is evidently inconsistent with the present organization that officers of the Marine 1262 Artillery or Infantry should be eligible for Adjutancies of the Auxiliary Forces, and this has been provided in the Warrant of the 25th of June, 1881. Between, however, the date of the Warrant itself and the corrigenda Warrant, three appointments of this character were made; but this has now been finally settled, and the Volunteer Regulations, which were inconsistent with the Warrant, will be amended accordingly.
§ MR. W. H. SMITHasked if he understood that Marine Artillery officers would no longer be eligible for Adjutaneies of Volunteers?
§ MR. CHILDERSreplied, that that must be so under the Regulations.