§ MR. HANBURY (Preston)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether, in September last, the 5th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers applied for permission to raise a second battery at Blackpool, and a battery at Morecambe; and, whether, in view of the fact that further delay in enrolling recruits would probably involve the loss of the capitation allowance for this year, he can yet conveniently state whether the required permission will be granted?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)Applications from Volunteer corps for increase of establishment can only be considered together when the Estimates are in preparation. Having in view the greater requirements of other districts under the general scheme for the defence of the country now being worked out, I am sorry to say that it will not be practicable at present to grant an augmentation to the 5th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers.