§ SIR T. ESMONDE (Dublin Co., S.)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office if it is a fact, as stated, that Staff officers were observed, on the 17th March, wearing the green in uniform on duty in camp at Aldershot; that one regiment was played to Divine Service with a bunch of shamrock stuck in every helmet; and whether, in view of the fact that there seems to be no objection, in principle, to the wearing of national emblems on national festivals by soldiers, their doing so in future should be generally allowed?
§ MR. BRODRICKThe Commander-in-Chief has no knowledge of the circumstances stated in the question, and His Royal Highness considers it desirable to leave all such questions to the discretion of the commanding officer.