§ SIR HENRY HAVELOCKasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he will cause to be laid upon the Table of the House, and printed, the Report of the War Office Committee, of which General Lord Airey is president, now engaged in investigating the working of the system of short service and reserves in the Army, in order that the House may be fully informed, before the Army Estimates of next year, on a subject of so much national importance?
§ COLONEL STANLEYSir, I have not yet seen any of the evidence, nor am I aware whether the Committee have or have not closed the inquiry; but when I have had an opportunity of seeing what the evidence is, if it is not inconsistent with the Public Service to lay it upon the Table of the House, there will be no objection to do so at the proper time. I 676 cannot, however, give a pledge as to the time or the form in which the Report will be presented.