HC Deb 16 March 1885 vol 295 c1243
MR. SIDNEY HERBERT

asked the Secretary of State for War, If he can inform the House how long the battalions of Militia now called up will be embodied, or if it is his intention to embody other battalions of the same regiments after those now called up have gone through a course of training?

THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTON

It is not intended to embody Militia battalions of the same regiment in succession. Considerable expense and inconvenience are involved in embodying and disembodying Militia battalions.