§ MR. PIRIEI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether the sale of battled beer is experimentally being tried in the coffee rooms of some regiments quartered at the Curragh Camp; and, if so, seeing that the coffee room is the only room in most battalions and corps where temperance men can obtain non-intoxicating drinks, he will take steps to put an end to a practice which causes temptation to the men in 478 the one place in barracks where total abstainers can meet?
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. ST. JOHN BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordThe experiment referred to in the Question has not been sanctioned by the Secretary of State, and will, therefore, be prohibited—at all events, for the present.