§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War what steps have been taken by the Commander-in-Chief to put a stop to the sale, by an agency in the City of London, of honorary colonelcies in Volunteer regiments; and whether it is the intention of the Secretary of State to advise the cancellation of the commissions of gentlemen who have obtained such honorary rank by improper payments which could not 1232 be regarded as coming under the category of regimental subscriptions.
* MR. J. POWELL-WILLIAMS (for Mr. WYNDHAM)Every case of an officer recommended for an honorary colonelcy in the Auxiliary Forces is carefully investigated, and recently the Secretary of State refused to appoint a gentleman whose name had been put forward for the honorary colonelcy of a Volunteer battalion. Other measures are not at present considered necessary.