THE MARQUESS OF GRANBY (Leicestershire, Melton)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether a sufficient number of cartridges for the new magazine rifle are being manufactured to form an efficient reserve of ammunition, or whether only enough are being turned out to meet the present musketry instruction requirements of those regiments which have had the new rifle supplied to them?
§ * THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. E. STANHOPE,) Lincolnshire, HorncastleIt would not be to the benefit of the Public Service for me to state what number of cartridges for the new magazine rifle have been manufactured, but I am taking measures to insure the supply being sufficient for all purposes.