Parliamentary Papers, Volume 22H.M. Stationery Office, 1840 - Bills, Legislative |
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Page xi
... give vigour and efficiency to the higher ranks . This verbal testimony , as to a great degree of inefficiency existing in the body of field officers , was in our opinion fully confirmed by the Returns we obtained from the Ordnance ...
... give vigour and efficiency to the higher ranks . This verbal testimony , as to a great degree of inefficiency existing in the body of field officers , was in our opinion fully confirmed by the Returns we obtained from the Ordnance ...
Page xiii
... give him a fair title . He is therefore most unwilling to relinquish his connexion with the corps , through which alone this reward has hitherto been obtained . It appears to us that it would be most expedient , both with a view to the ...
... give him a fair title . He is therefore most unwilling to relinquish his connexion with the corps , through which alone this reward has hitherto been obtained . It appears to us that it would be most expedient , both with a view to the ...
Page xl
... give them any claim to be allowed to retire on full pay ; and the cases in which such an indul- gence might not improperly be extended to lieutenants seem to us to be already sufficiently provided for in a better manner by the warrant ...
... give them any claim to be allowed to retire on full pay ; and the cases in which such an indul- gence might not improperly be extended to lieutenants seem to us to be already sufficiently provided for in a better manner by the warrant ...
Page xli
... give a greater value to the full - pay commission than it previously bore , but to enable an officer , who , after long service , desired to retire on half - pay , to realize a part of the value of his commission on relinquishing a ...
... give a greater value to the full - pay commission than it previously bore , but to enable an officer , who , after long service , desired to retire on half - pay , to realize a part of the value of his commission on relinquishing a ...
Page xlii
... give an officer a claim to receive the difference . The Duke of York was disposed to regard every officer who had purchased as having a title without much reference to the length of his service . But Lord Hill has not considered it ...
... give an officer a claim to receive the difference . The Duke of York was disposed to regard every officer who had purchased as having a title without much reference to the length of his service . But Lord Hill has not considered it ...
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