§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that, although the depôt of the 3rd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Militia) is nominally at Dingwall, the Militia staff is actually quartered at Fort George, on account of the insufficiency of accommodation at Dingwall; and, will he consider the expediency of making such arrangements as will admit of the staff being accommodated at Dingwall, so that the staff for each regiment may be located in the county in which the regiment was originally raised?
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (Mr. J. POWELL WILLIAMS,) Birmingham, S.The arms and clothing of the battalion referred to were transferred in 1867, with the concurrence of the county authorities, to Fort George, where the battalion is trained. The larger portion of the permanent staff is stationed at Dingwall; but the character of the existing buildings and the sanitary state of the surroundings render it undesirable to provide further accommodation there.