HC Deb 09 July 1897 vol 50 cc1469-70
CAPTAIN PIRIE (Aberdeen, N.)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether the system of enlisting Eurasians (the descendants of Englishmen, Scotchmen, and Irishmen in India) into the British Army in India, as carried on in past years, may now, in view of the strongly expressed desire of this class of Her Majesty's subjects, receive more distinct encouragement from the Government?

LORD GEORGE HAMILTON

The question has been more than once carefully considered by Her Majesty's Government, who are not prepared to make any change in the regulations under which this class can enlist in the British Army.