Parliamentary Papers, Volume 22H.M. Stationery Office, 1840 - Bills, Legislative |
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Page vi
... difference of opinion materially affecting the question . Lieutenant - Colonel Owen specified only the Mediterranean , the East Indies , and the West Indies . Lieutenant - Colonel Wright limited their employment to stations where the ...
... difference of opinion materially affecting the question . Lieutenant - Colonel Owen specified only the Mediterranean , the East Indies , and the West Indies . Lieutenant - Colonel Wright limited their employment to stations where the ...
Page viii
... difference of pay . There now only remains for us to submit to Your Majesty the conclusions which , in our judgment , result from the evidence we have received respecting the Marines . 1. That it is expedient that officers should not be ...
... difference of pay . There now only remains for us to submit to Your Majesty the conclusions which , in our judgment , result from the evidence we have received respecting the Marines . 1. That it is expedient that officers should not be ...
Page xiii
... difference only , that as in those corps they have not the privilege of selling their commissions , their retirement should be full pay and not half - pay . But to preserve to the Master - General the power of rewarding past service ...
... difference only , that as in those corps they have not the privilege of selling their commissions , their retirement should be full pay and not half - pay . But to preserve to the Master - General the power of rewarding past service ...
Page xvi
... difference between the average age of the second and first captains is but three years and a half , and but seven years between the second captains and the lieutenant - colonels . The following is the statement of averages to which we ...
... difference between the average age of the second and first captains is but three years and a half , and but seven years between the second captains and the lieutenant - colonels . The following is the statement of averages to which we ...
Page xxvii
... difference between the prices of cavalry and infantry commissions , have actually received more than they paid . It is , however , remarkable , that the longest full - pay service has not been performed by a non - purchaser , as might ...
... difference between the prices of cavalry and infantry commissions , have actually received more than they paid . It is , however , remarkable , that the longest full - pay service has not been performed by a non - purchaser , as might ...
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