HC Deb 17 March 1871 vol 205 c173
MR. PEEK

asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether his attention has been called to the following statement:— The 3rd Surrey Militia is composed of men who are mainly gathered from Lambeth, Southwark, and Bermondsey, in which districts small pox is raging to a fearful extent. They will soon be called out for their annual drill, and are to go to Aldershot. But first of all they spend one night at Kingston, where they obtain their clothes, &c. The recruits will spend two or three weeks there. The town and neighbourhood are naturally very anxious, in prospect of having some 700 or 800 men from those small pox districts so quartered; whether he has considered the matter; and, whether it would not be possible to arrange for the men going direct to Aldershot?

MR. CARDWELL

The subject is under consideration with a view of meeting the objection.