§ SIR G. CAMPBELLI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he has observed that Colonel Maitland, of the Grenadier Guards, wrote to the papers to say that he had not resigned; if Colonel Maitland has, nevertheless, been treated as having resigned, and is retired on half-pay; and if that step is the result of an inquiry showing that Colonel Maitland is so much in fault as to justify his removal, or is a mere temporary removal, leaving the officer eligible for future employment?
§ * MR. E. STANHOPEColonel Maitland, after writing to the papers saying that he had not resigned, re-considered the matter, and voluntarily tendered his unreserved resignation, which was accepted, and, accordingly, he has been placed on half-pay.
§ SIR G. CAMPBELLMay I ask whether the inquiry showed that the mutiny of the Guards was due to the harsh conduct of Colonel Maitland?
§ * MR. E. STANHOPEI have already stated that I think it would be contrary to the interests of the Public Service to say what the inquiry showed.