§ MR. HANBURYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether, in the case of men who have risen from the ranks and were candidates for Army commissions, a difference has recently been made between those who were willing and those who were not willing or able to forego the outfit allowance of £100 on promotion; if so, whet her this is in accordance with the inducements held out to recruits, one of them being the opportunity of promotion to commissioned rank with the aid of the outfit allowance; and whether the amount in the Estimates for outfit allowance is sufficient for the number of otherwise qualified candidates for such commissions?
§ *MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANProvision is made in the Army Estimates for 10 outfit allowances yearly, and these are given to candidates of five years' service and upwards. If more commissions can be given during the 1856 year they are necessarily awarded to properly qualified men who are willing to forego the outfit allowance.
§ MR. HANBURYAre there any special conditions required in the ease of the 10 men alluded to, before the outfit allowance is granted?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANNo, Sir; they have merely to be properly qualified.