§ MR. ALDERMAN SALOMONSsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, if there is any truth in the re- 1190 port that a soldier at Woolwich has been scrubbed with sand, as a punishment for some barrack offence; and, if true, whether any inquiry into the circumstances has been instituted by the War Office?
SIR GEORGE LEWISsaid, it was true that a soldier at Woolwich had been punished in the way described by the hon. Member. He (Sir G. Lewis) understood that the sergeant-major who had ordered the punishment had been dismissed by the Commander in Chief. The inquiry ordered into the circumstances had not yet terminated. If it should be necessary to have a further inquiry, the War Office would see that such an inquiry took place.