§ COLONEL PILKINGTON (Lancashire, Newton)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he will state what is the position of the Rhodesian Field Force supposed to be in South Africa under the command of Sir Frederick Carrington; and whether the 5,000 mounted men constituting this force are still under the command of Sir Frederick Carrington, and are acting together as a concentrated force or are in scattered units each under its own commanding officer.
§ * The SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordIt has not been hitherto considered expedient to make public the locality of 669 the various forces in South Africa, and I fear that a reply to this inquiry would expose me to a great number of others.