§ SIR JOHN HAYasked the Secretary of State for War, If it is intended to embody any portion of the Militia, in order to render available a sufficient number of full grown soldiers for ser-vice in the Transvaal and Asbanti Wars?
§ MR. CHILDERSNo, Sir"; I have no such intention. Before any portion of the Militia can be embodied it would be necessary for Her Majesty to communicate to Parliament the fact that there existed "imminent national danger" or "great emergency." In the opinion of Her Majesty's Government no such imminent danger or emergency exists.