§ MR. BIGGARasked the Secretary of State for War, If it is a fact that the Commanding Officer of the Antrim Artillery (it not being embodied) has issued an order directing the Officers of that Regiment to have their visiting cards printed in a particular manner, and according to his own fancy; if so, has he any right to interfere in their private affairs; and, has he any right to prevent the Officers attending a levee at Dublin Castle, or going to any public entertainment, in their silver-laced uniform, under threat of placing in arrest the Officers so doing?
§ SIR ARTHUR HAYTERNo, Sir; the officer commanding the corps formerly designated the Antrim Artillery states that he issued no such order, but merely a request that on their visiting cards, when they chose to have the name of the regiment engraved, they should use the official title—namely, the 2nd Brigade North Irish Division Royal Artillery. In answer to the second Question, the officer commanding states that he issued no order, but merely a request to his officers, entirely unaccompanied by any threat of arrest, to make the alterations in their uniform which would assimilate them to the gold-laced uniform of the Royal Artillery as contemplated by the dress regulations of June, 1881. The officer commanding has no power to order the discontinuance of the silver-laced uniform until it is worn out.