§ MR.A. MOOREasked the Secretary of State for War, If he would state to the House what are the services which the Stock-purse Fund Allowance of £158 5s. 6d. per Company of the Guards, which is inserted without explanation or detail in the Return laid upon the Table, is intended to supply?
§ LORD EUSTACE CECILThe Stock-purse Fund Allowance of £158 5s. 6d. per Company is given to the regiments of Foot Guards to defray the costs of their hospitals, their recruiting, and various miscellaneous charges.