HC Deb 05 September 1887 vol 320 c1133
MR. P. O'BRIEN (Monaghan, N.)

asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether warrant officers are permitted, when off duty, to appear in civilian clothing in the locality in which they are quartered?

THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)

The Order on the subject is as follows (Queen's Regulations, sec. vii. paragraph 110 A): — Conductors of supplies, conductors of stores, and master gunners of the first and second classes are permitted to wear plain clothes under the same conditions as those laid down for officers, and all warrant officers when on pass or furlough and leaving the place whore they are stationed may dress in plain clothes.