§ MR. DARBY GRIFFITHsaid, he wished to draw the attention of the Secretary for War to outrages committed by soldiers off duty, with their belts, which they used as a substitute for the side-arms of which they were deprived some years ago. He might refer for an instance to the case of a sol- 1320 dier who, aided by a comrade, had seriously injured a policeman with his belt when taken into custody on suspicion of having some stolen property. Mr. Arnold, the police magistrate, in commenting upon the matter, observed that he had frequently called the attention of the authorities to similar cases, but that nothing had been done. He wished to know whether the subject had been brought under the notice of the War Department?