§ MR. TOTTENHAMasked the Secretary of State for War, If the private soldiers furnished by the 3rd Brigade at Aldershot on the 18th, 21st, and 23rd of February for the 1st Brigade guard, belonged to the Royal Scots Fusiliers; whether any privates were furnished by the Royal Irish Fusiliers on those days for that guard; whether the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers now in India is still 147 men below its establishment, after receiving from its 2nd Battalion all the men available or liable to be transferred on that Battalion embarking for home; and, inasmuch as the 2nd Battalion was unable to complete its 1st Battalion up to its establishment, why upwards of 450 men were left behind on the embarkation of 1st Battalion for India?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONSir, on two of the days named the privates furnished by the 3rd Brigade at Aldershot for the 1st Brigade Guard belonged to the Royal Scots Fusiliers, and on the other day to the Royal Irish Fusiliers. The 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers is now on the Indian Establishment, and its strength is in excess of the strength allowed for battalions on that establishment.