§ MR. ONSLOWasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether it is a fact that the "Cavalry" Officers who elected the terms offered them in General Order No. 579, dated 27th October 1882, have been denied the brevet promotion on the Indian Gradation List to which they consider themselves entitled through the promise given them before electing, in the reply by the Government of India to Question VII. in its letter No. 1527 A, dated 11th December 1882; whether the brevet promotion on the Indian Gradation List of any Cavalry Officer has been cancelled since December 1882; and, whether, in view of the loss of Army rank to such officers through the misunderstanding under which they elected the above terms, they will now be permitted to revert to their former positions?
§ MR. J. K. CROSSThe Cavalry officers who came under the terms of the General Order in question waived their claim to all advantages attaching to their position as local Cavalry officers; one of these advantages being brevet promotion in succession to General Officers. Finding, however, that the Government of India had already formally promised these officers the continuance of their brevet promotion, the Secretary of State determined to accept this decision; and the Government of India was informed, in January last, that the system of brevet promotion would be continued. The brevet promotion of an officer, made in anticipation by the local authorities, but which had not been confirmed, was thereupon submitted for Her Majesty's approval.