§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War if he will state what rifles are used by the British troops in the fighting at Malakand; and have the troops any Maxim guns; and, if so, can he state whether they are water jacketed, and fitted with the new automatic supply cistern?
§ LORD GEORGE HAMILTONNo British troops were engaged at Malakand. The native troops have Martini-Henry rifles. There are two Maxim guns, which are water-jacketed. I have no knowledge of the automatic supply cistern.