§ MR. COLVILLE (Lanarkshire, N.E.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the necessity for the increased efficiency in rifle shooting by the Volunteer forces, the Government would consider the question of making an addition to the present grant of ninety rounds per efficient for class firing.
§ * MR. WYNDHAMThe annual allowance of ammunition for the Volunteers was last year increased from seventy-five to ninety rounds. The new course of musketry which was introduced at the same time has not yet been fired. An additional grant of sixty rounds has been made this year under Army Order 91 for all corps firing the special course therein laid down before 1st November, 1900. The result of this year's musketry will enable us to decide whether the present allowance should be increased.