§ MR. SCHWANNI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether any note is taken of any soldiers who may return to barracks at night in a state of intoxication; are they reported, and is any penalty inflicted upon them; and do any statistics exist to show how numerous such cases are?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANSoldiers entering barracks at night or at any other time in a state of intoxication are placed in the guard-room and their offence is disposed of by fine or other punishment. Statistics do not exist showing the number of such cases as a total; but the cases which were serious enough to involve a fine are recorded; and it is gratifying to note a progressive fall from year to year, the ratio per 1,000 men, which in 1881 was 243, having fallen in 1891 to 147.