§ Mr. CAVEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, with reference to the case of Colonel Brabazon, whether, under War Office regulations, no officer can be placed on half-pay without being so gazetted; whether the War Office have at any time been asked by the Admiralty to gazette Colonel Brabazon to half-pay; and, if so, what was the reply; and whether the Admiralty maintain that their discretion gives them the right to ignore the Order in Council, dated 9th May, 1891, which preserved to officers transferred to the Naval Ordnance Department all their rights as Army officers?
§ Mr. McKENNAI understand that the reply to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. With regard to the second part, the War Office, on being informed of the circumstances of Colonel Brabazon's case did not consider it possible to gazette him to half pay with ante-date. The Admiralty do not dispute the fact that ordnance store officers transferred under the Order in Council of 1891 retain their rights and privileges as officers of the Ordnance Store Department.