§ MR. WINGFIELD DIGBYasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he will take note of the fact that the Yeomanry Cavalry is still armed 11 with the Snider carbine; and, whether, when the exigencies of the State allows of it, he will take into consideration the advisability of supplying the Martini-Henry carbine to the Yeomanry, which Force has, in the last few years, made great efforts to improve the shooting of its members?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. W. H. SMITH)I hope that arrangements will be sufficiently advanced to allow of the issue of Martini-Henry carbines to the Yeomanry Cavalry before the close of the present financial year.