HC Deb 23 February 1885 vol 294 cc1035-6
MR. M'COAN

asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether Subalterns of the Militia Battalions now about to be embodied, who are candidates for Commissions in the Line, and whose preparation for the necessary examinations will thus be indefinitely interrupted, will receive any, and what, extension of the time within which those examinations must, under the existing regulations, be passed; and, whether he can state what are the Battalions now selected for embodiment?

THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTON

There will not be an extension of time; but it has been arranged that a month's embodied service shall reckon as a training for the purpose in question, and that any Subaltern officer desirous of continuing his studies, with a view to competing for the Army, may after the month's duty have leave of absence, without pay. His absence would create a vacancy for the time in which another officer could be employed. The names of the regiments for embodiment were given in the last Gazette.

MR. M'COAN

asked whether there was any intention to employ the embodied Militia out of the United Kingdom?

THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTON

No.