§ MR. MENDLI beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty why substantive lieutenant-colonels of Marines are put on rosters on which lieutenant-colonels in the Army never serve?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTYThe Question to which the honourable Member refers has not escaped the attention of the Admiralty, but on consideration it was not found advisable to change the present system by which the detailing of officers for garrison duty is left to the discretion of the general officers commanding the districts, under whom officers of the Royal Marines serve when on shore. There is, however, some distinction between lieutenant-colonels of the Royal Marines and lieutenant-colonels in the Army, which is recognised in the Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Army.