§ CAPTAIN O'SHEAasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether, at a time when Sir George Colley stated that he was collecting all available forces, a body of seamen were landed from the "Boadicea," but no Marines; and, if so, could he explain why these seasoned troops, who had served through the Zulu War of 1879, were not placed at the General's disposal?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir George Colley did not ask the Commodore for Marines. He wanted nothing but a couple of Gat-ling guns and some rocket tubes, with the men to work them. The Dido's men who went up with Sir Evelyn Wood were equally in charge of Gatling guns. I may add that ships' complements are never broken into in order to land seamen and marines for military purposes except on an emergency, and in accordance with the requirements of the military authorities.