§ SIR DE LACY EVANSsaid, he rose to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the detachment of the 41st Regiment, which suffered so severely from sickness while quarted in the principal Barrack at Trinidad, has been withdrawn from that Colony; and whether that Barrack, which has been repeatedly reported as situated in an extremely unhealthy locality, has been finally ordered to be discontinued for the quartering of troops.
§ MR. SIDNEY HERBERTsaid, the detachment of the 41st which had suffered so severely at, Trinidad had been relieved, but of course that measure did not effect any improvement in a sanitary point of view, for one force was merely substituted for another. The right hon. and gallant Member who preceded him in office (General Peel) sent a detailed series of very minute queries to Trinidad with reference to the state of the barracks, but no reply to them had yet been received. In the meantime, he had written to Trinidad to ascertain what sites were available to which the men could at once be removed, and what healthy sites could be obtained for the erection of new barracks. He had also requested to be informed whether the present barracks could be sold to advantage, 157 for he was sure the House would he of opinion that if the site of the barracks now used was so unhealthy that no improvement could be anticipated, the best plan would be to sacrifice them at once.