§ MR. LYTTELTON () Warwick and LeamingtonI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether an infantry officer, who resigned his commission without retired pay or gratuity, but afterwards voluntarily joined the Reserve of Officers, and in the present emergency is permitted to rejoin the service at his depot, at the bottom of the list of his rank in his regiment, will be allowed to remain in the service until he be compulsorily retired in the usual course, as if he were serving under his original commission.
* MR. J. POWELL - WILLIAMS (for Mr. WYNDHAM)Retired officers are for the present only being employed temporarily. Whether any of them will be permanently retained must depend on the course of events. No definite statement can be made now.