Captain FABERasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will state whether Colonel G. T. Onslow has now been placed on the Reserved List of Colonels, Royal Marine Light Infantry; on what date the Order in Council was made; and to what date Colonel Onslow was antedated?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe answer is in the affirmative. The Order in Council is dated August 10th, 1909, and has effect from the 1st April last. The placing of Colonel Onslow on the Reserved List of Colonels is dated 11th April, 1909.
Captain FABERHow could Colonel Onslow be placed on the list on April 11th when the list was not created until August?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe Reserve List was created under an Order in Council, which is dated 10th August. Colonel Onslow was dated back to 1st April, because that was the date at which he would have gone on the Retired List at the close of his commission.
Captain FABERThis list did not exist in April, and how could he be placed on it when it did not exist?
§ Dr. MACNAMARABecause the appointment was antedated.