§ CAPTAIN JESSELI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether a draft has been sent to the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards from the Scots Greys; and whether, in view of the unpopularity of the present system of enlistment for Cavalry regiments by which men are transferred to different regiments although enlisting under the impression that they would serve in a particular regiment, he will consider the advisability of making a change in the terms of enlistment?
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe Scots Greys during this season will have supplied 41 men to the 4th Dragoon Guards. Of these 22 have volunteered for the transfer. In pursuance of Army Order 130 of September, 1898, Cavalry recruits are informed on enlistment that they are liable to be posted to other regiments of the same corps, but that every effort will be made to meet their desire for service in a particular regiment. It is not proposed to modify the terms of enlistment; but it is hoped that certain measures which are about to be taken will materially diminish the regretable drain to which some Cavalry regiments have recently been subjected.