MR. MARJORIBANKSasked the Secretary of State for War, If he would state the reasons why York has been preferred to Berwick on Tweed as the head quarters of the King's Own Borderers, a Regiment essentially Scotch in its privileges, history, and origin?
§ MR. CHILDERSSir, in reply to my hon. Friend, I have to state that the 25th Regiment has been localized at York since the year 1873; but that we have endeavoured to see whether some arrangement might not be made more in harmony with the traditions of the regiment, whose title is the Borderers, by moving them to Berwick. But this would have necessitated arrangements as to the affiliated Militia battalions which are practically impossible, and also would have raised difficulties as to barracks. With great reluctance, there- 1080 fore, I have decided that it will be best to leave matters as they are.