§ MR. LAURENCE HARDY (Kent, Ashford)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been drawn to several cases of alleged damage committed by a detachment of Royal Artillery billeted at Tenterden, in Kent, on the 1oth instant, as described in a letter to The Times, of the 21st instant; and whether he will cause inquiry to be made, so that the persons who have suffered loss may receive prompt and sufficient compensation for all damage sustained?
§ * MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANNo complaint of this damage was made by the landlords to the officer commanding the battery, who only learned what had occurred from a newspaper report. Some of the men have been punished, 1162 and are prepared to pay for the damage they have done. Any complaint addressed to the officer commanding the 20th Field Battery Royal Artillery, Aldershot, will receive attention.