§ MR. WASON (Clackmannan and Kinross)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether, seeing that the cyclist corps section of the City Imperial Volunteers were prohibited from taking revolvers with them to South Africa by the authorities and compelled to take rifles, and that since they have been doing scouting work the cyclists have obtained permission to travel without their rifles on account of the extra weight and the heavy travelling over the veldt, so that they are unarmed in the enemy's country, he will give immediate orders for revolvers being at once served out to all cyclists doing scouting duty in South Africa.
§ *MR. WYNDHAMRifles and not revolvers form part of the equipment of cyclist corps; we are not aware of Lord Roberts having made any such special arrangement as is described in the question, although it would be fully within his competence to do so.