§ MR. J. P. FARRELL (Cavan, W.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether the decision of the War Office authorities to remove the Militia, headquarters from Longford to Mullingar was come to by consultation with the officers of the regiment; whether it was, owing to the difficulty of finding cadets. for service with the regiment that the change was decided upon, and whether it, is now final and irrevocable; and to what purpose is it intended to put the Artillery or Upper Barracks in Longford formerly occupied by these men.
§ *THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. WYNDHAM, Dover)There is no intention of altering the decision in regard to the removal of the headquarters from Longford to Mullingar. The barracks at Longford are at present occupied by a field battery of Royal Artillery, pending the provision of a new barrack elsewhere.