§ MR. RADCLIFFE COOKE (Newington, W.)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether his attention has been called to an account in The York Herald of the 1st of August of the third annual excursion of the members of the York Liberal Association, held at Warter 1718 Priory, the seat of Mr. C. H. Wilson, M.P. for West Hull, on Saturday the 30th July, wherein it is stated that the band of the 1st East York Artillery Volunteers was in attendance and occupied a position on the terrace where dancing was indulged in; and, whether such account is accurate?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)The General Officer commanding the Northern District reports that the band of the 1st East York Artillery Volunteers did play at the meeting of the Liberal Association referred to. The officer who gave them permission did so on the understanding that the band was not to play as a military band, and, as a matter of fact, the men were in plain clothes; but it is alleged that the Liberal agent ignored the condition, and advertised the performance as by the band of the Volunteer Corps.