§ MR. RENTOUL (Down, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that Colonel Stewart, commanding the Donegal Artillery, applied to the Military Authorities, under Section 42 of the Army Act, on the 19th of April, for the redress of a wrong done to him by his immediate Commanding Officer, who had gravely impugned Colonel Stewart's professional conduct, and that, in direct violation of the Army Act, Colonel Stewart was refused a Court of Inquiry or any redress whatever; whether the Secretary of State for War has seen the correspondence, especially since the 16th of March last, which took place between Colonel Stewart and higher Military Authorities regarding the matter; and whether he proposes to take any action in the matter?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN,&c.) Stirling,As Colonel Stewart failed to show that he had received any wrong, and as the circumstances to which his complaint had reference had already been investigated, it was not considered necessary to re-open the case. There was no violation of the Army Act. I do not propose to take any further action in the matter.
§ MR. RENTOULI shall call attention to this matter on the Estimates.