§ COLONEL EYRE (Lincolnshire, Gainsborough)asked the Secretary of State for War, What will be the position of those Volunteer Corps which have commenced their musketry course on the old system, in consequence of the delay in the issue of the New Regulations?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)For the present year Volunteers will shoot under three different conditions. First, individual Volunteers who have completed their musketry course under the old Regulations will be classified for efficiency according to those Regulations; secondly, individual Volunteers who have commenced, but not finished, their course tinder the old Regulations may complete their course and be classified for efficiency according to either the old or new stan- 880 dard, at the discretion of the Commanding Officer; thirdly, individual Volunteers who had not commenced their practice before the issue of the New Regulations must carry out their musketry course according to the New Regulations. The full grant of 35s. will be given to men who qualify in any of the above ways.