§ MR. LABOUCHERE (Northampton)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether his attention has been called to the fact that six bandsmen of Her Majesty's Hussar Regiment, quartered at Colchester, took park in uniform at a concert given by the Conservative Club in that town on Monday, 9th May; and, whether this was not contrary to the Regulations that are in force with regard to the presence of regimental bandsmen at political gatherings?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)It appears that the officer commanding did allow some of his bandsmen to play at a workmen's Conservative Club in uniform, as the meeting was merely social, and without any political significance. But he has been instructed not to allow the bandsman to take part in any concert without the permission of the General Officer commanding.