§ MAJOR RASCH (Essex, S. E.)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for War whether the three battalions of Foot Guards present in Hyde Park on 1st May were first for service; whether, out of a paper strength of 2,800, 1,500 were on parade; and how many men in the 3rd Grenadiers, 2nd Coldstreams, and 1st Scots had passed musketry, and how many are under six months' service.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe 3rd Grenadiers and 2nd Coldstreams are first on the roster to relieve the 2nd Grenadiers and 1st Coldstream at Gibraltar. For active service the brigade of Guards regulates its own roster. In reply to the second paragraph of the Question, I cannot add to the statement given in answer to the hon. Member's Question of the 5th instant. In reply to the third paragraph, I must remind him of my statement in Debate on the 3rd March—namely, that information as to the services of men in particular battalions could only be given to hon. Members on condition that the battalion should not be publicly specified.