§ CAPTAIN NORTON (Newington, W.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether he can state if it is intended to take from Army chaplains the benefit of the Royal Warrantunder which they served from 1894 to 1898.
§ * THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. WYNDHAM,) DoverUntil 1894 the ride was that chaplains should retire at sixty unless specially retained till a later age. In 1894 the rule was altered so that sixty-five became the compulsory age, power being taken to place any chaplain on retirement at or after the age of sixty. Last year it was considered desirable for the good of the Service, and on the advice of the Chaplain-General, to revert to sixty as the age for compulsory retirement subject to retention in special cases. Three years' notice was given to chaplains who would be affected within that time.