§ COLONEL DENNYTo ask the Secretary of State for War whether Paragraph 5 of the Royal Warrant of the 17th January, 1861, which provides that officers of the staff corps holding military appointments will take military command according to their Army rank, is still applicable to officers of the Indian Army.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) The answer is in the affirmative.
§ COLONEL DENNYTo ask the Secretary of State for War whether Section 71 of the Army Act, which prohibits a combatant officer being subjected to the command of another of inferior rank, is applicable to officers of the Indian Army serving with Native regiments.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick) The answer is in the affirmative.