§ SIR SAMUEL SCOTT (Marylebone, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State 1546 for War if he will say in what manner he proposes to deal with the 210 officers, 189 non-commissioned officers, and 1,491 men of the disbanded battalions who have neither retired nor been discharged, have not been transferred to existing battalions, or passed to the Reserve; and whether the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men are in receipt of full pay pending a decision being arrived at as to their ultimate fate.
§ MR. HALDANEThey will be supernumerary to establishment until transferred to other regiments, should they desire it, or until absorbed in their own. They will remain in receipt of full pay.