§ CAPTAIN JESSELI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether, in view of his appeal to the county gentlemen of England to work with the War Office in putting the Militia where it can be, and ought to be, he will fully recognise the position which the deputy lieutenants hold towards the Militia in raising Militiamen, and will specially encourage them to organise local efforts for this purpose.
§ MR. WYNDHAMA deputy lieutenant has no legal function in connection with the Militia unless the Ballot Act is put into force, but every effort which these gentlemen may, in virtue of their local influence, be able to make for encouraging enlistment in the force will be fully appreciated by Her Majesty's Government.