HC Deb 10 August 1857 vol 147 c1291
MR. CORRY

said, he would beg to ask the Under Secretary for War whether, in the event of a portion of the militia being embodied during the recess, it is the intention of the Government to call out any Irish regiments?

SIR JOHN RAMSDEN

said, that if it should be found necessary to embody any part of the militia the first consideration would be to select those regiments which were in the most efficient state for immediate duty; but subject to that first consideration a fair proportion of regiments would be selected from England, Ireland, and Scotland.