MR. GORSTasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether the lodging money of married privates and non-commissioned officers of the Royal Marines who have been sent to discharge police duty in Ireland has been stopped, and much distress thereby inflicted on their families; and, whether the Lords of the Admiralty will consider the propriety of the continuance of lodging money to such persons during their temporary absence in Ireland?
§ MR. CAMPBELL - BANNERMANSir, the lodging allowance granted to the men of the Royal Marines is in lieu of quarters for the man to whom it is issued, and is in no sense an allowance for the maintenance of his wife and children. The men now serving in Ireland are provided with quarters, and are, therefore, not entitled to lodging money. I cannot believe that any distress has been inflicted on the families, as the men's full regimental pay is issued to the wives and families at home, the extra payment made in Ireland being amply sufficient for the subsistence of the men themselves.