§ MR. FAWCETTasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether it is the case, as stated in a telegram from Calcutta, published in the " Times" of Monday last, that the Native Army alone will come within the scope of the inquiries of the Commission which has been appointed in India to investigate Military Expenditure and Organisation; and, if so, whether he will inform the House what are the instructions which have been given to the Departmental Committee at the War Office with regard to the inquiry into the cost of the European Army which is charged on the revenues of India?
§ MR. E. STANHOPENo, Sir; the statement in The Times that the Native Army alone will come within the scope of the inquiry is not correct. The instructions contemplate a thorough and exhaustive inquiry into our whole military system in India, and the organization and distribution of the Army, and the Commission will sit at once.