§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, whether the Return 1372 which he proposes to lay upon the Table of the House of soldiers at present chargeable on the Poor Rates of unions of Great Britain and Ireland will include those in receipt of outdoor relief?
§ *THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordThe Return, which is in course of preparation, was intended to comprise only soldiers who are actually inmates of workhouses; but I will endeavour to arrange that the numbers in receipt of outdoor relief shall also be given.