§ MR. CHARLES COLSTON (Gloucester, Thornbury)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, whether, having regard to the fact that the authorities have had to dispense with the training of the 3rd and 4th battalions of 62 the Gloucester Regiment this year, in consequence of the prevalence of smallpox in the city of Gloucester, the Secretary of State will give his favourable consideration to the exceptional circumstances of the case, and authorise the payment of ordinary and reserve bounty to such men as would usually be entitled to receive it?
§ *THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordThe men of these, and other battalions, whose training has been dispensed with, will be paid the ordinary bounty as if the training had taken place, and also the reserve bounty in the case of men entitled to it.