§ MR. HANBURY (Preston)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he can state in how many cases detachments of Regulars going through their musketry course have been allowed only black powder instead of cordite; whether this is the case with the detachments shooting at Barry Links Camp; and whether Regulars shooting with black powder in competition with men of regiments supplied with cordite have to fulfil the same conditions in other respects, or in what way are the conditions made equal for both?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANOnly the troops in the Southern District at Aldershot have fired cordite ammunition; the remainder, including the detachments shooting at Barry Links, have used black powder. When troops belonging to different regiments compete at rifle meetings the same ammunition is issued to all competitors.