§ * MR. J. L. CAREW (Dublin, College Green)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, whether he is aware that conveyances and horses belonging to the Army Department as the Curragh Camp have for some years been used for private purposes, in contravention of the Army Regulations and to the injury of the hackney car trade in the towns of Newbridge and Kildare; and, whether he will see that the practice is discontinued?
§ * THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. BRODRICK, Surrey, (Guildford)There appears to be some divergence of practice in the different branches of the service, and the employment of Government horses for purposes not of a strictly military character has from time to time been sanctioned by commanding officers, such employment being specially brought to notice in the inspection reports. The attention of the Commander-in-Chief has been drawn to the question, and the matter will be further considered.