MR. MCLEODI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, whether intimation has been made by the War Office that the 2nd Battalion Cameron Highlanders (Inverness-shire Militia) are this year to undergo annual training at Barry, Forfarshire; whether there is any precedent for training a purely Highland battalion in a lowland county; whether the officers of the battalion were consulted before the order was issued; and, whether the change is permanent?
§ * MR. BRODRICKThe battalion of Militia referred to is to train this year at Barry Links because of an outbreak of measles at Fort George, where it otherwise would have trained. The change has been made on medical grounds, and it was not necessary to consult the officers. The present decision has reference only to this year.