§ SIR C. CAMERON (Glasgow, Bridgeton)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether the date of the annual training of the Inverness-shire Militia has this year been changed from the end of June to the middle of August; whether his attention has been called to the fact that the period over which it will now extend is that in which the crofter population are most busily engaged in gathering their crops; and whether he will make inquiries as to the comparative suitability of the old and new dates of training for the circumstances of the district and the obtaining of recruits for the battalion?
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. St. JOHN BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordThe training of the 3rd Cameron Highlanders was fixed later than usual to enable them to take part in the 364 manœuvres to which they volunteered to go. No objection was made by them, but an alteration of a few days was made at their request to enable them to avoid Sunday marching.