§ SIR ALEXANDER GORDONasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether it is true that Colonel Cameron succeeded Colonel Hawley as President or Member of a Court or Board of Inquiry which assembled at Netley in 1873 to investigate certain irregularities; and, if so, if he will explain how his name came to be omitted from the Return asked for by the House—
Of the names of all officers who sat as President or as Members of any Court of Inquiry-held to investigate the irregularities which led to the trial of Assistant Controller Godrich;and, whether it is true that Colonel Cameron, having sat on the Court of Inquiry which investigated the irregularities above mentioned, was afterwards the President of the Court Martial held for the trial of the person who was thereby implicated?
§ COLONEL STANLEY, in reply, said, he was informed that it was not the case that Colonel Cameron succeeded Colonel Hawley as president or member of the Court of Inquiry.
§ SIR ALEXANDER GORDONsaid, he would repeat his Question on Thursday, and at the same time would ask the Secretary of State for War if he would take steps to ascertain whether Colonel Cameron did or did not sit on any Court of Inquiry held to investigate the matters referred to. What he wanted to know was whether the officer referred to was or was not a member of such a Court of Inquiry?
§ COLONEL STANLEYsaid, he was sorry if he had not made his former 838 answer sufficiently clear. He was positively informed, and had no reason to doubt, that Colonel Cameron had not been a member of such a Court of Inquiry.
§ SIR ALEXANDER GORDONsaid, he would ask, on Thursday, why the Return in question was not in accordance with the terms that had been adopted in the Address moved to the Crown.