§ COLONEL NOLAN (for Mr. MOORE)asked the Secretary of State for India, If he can state whether any steps have been taken to secure the services of chaplains for the Roman Catholic soldiers of the Indian Contingent proceeding to Egypt?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTON, in reply, said, that the other day he informed the hon. Member for Clonmel (Mr. Moore) that he had not received any details as to the arrangements made in sending troops to Egypt. He had not yet received such details; but he might add that the Indian troops that would land in Egypt would come under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief of the Expedition; and, no doubt, the arrangements made for the benefit of the Roman Catholic troops despatched from England would be also available for the Roman Catholic troops despatched from India. It was probable, however, that there would be no Roman Catholics among them, as the only British troops yet sent from India were a mounted battery of about 100 men and a Highland regiment.