HC Deb 20 July 1874 vol 221 c302
COLONEL NORTH

asked the Secretary of State for War, If anything has been decided as to what is to be done with the money which has been stopped for drunkenness in the Militia?

MR. GATHORNE HARDY

, in reply, said, the money would be applied to the promotion of music, the purchase of books, and the providing of recreation for the Militia, and he hoped that by that means, drunkenness in the Militia would be decreased.