§ DR. TANNER (Cork Co., Mid)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to the regulations issued by Colonel Brownrigg, inspecting the Volunteers on the South Denes, Yarmouth, forbidding the Sisters of Nazareth to collect pennies from the 4,000 Volunteers now in camp; whether Colonel Brownrigg has any authority for issuing such regulations; and, if he is aware that the sisterhood who were sent back are of the same order as that which was so highly commended for nursing the sick and wounded in South Africa.
§ * MR. WYNDHAMThere is no information at the War Office on these incidents. The exclusion or admission of strangers in camp is a matter within the competence of Colonel Brownrigg, as officer commanding the brigade.
§ DR. TANNERIs it the fact that these ladies were excluded in consequence of their religion?
§ * MR. WYNDHAM; I have no knowledge of the matter, but if the hon. Gentleman alleges that an unfair distinction has been drawn, and that privileges have been denied to those ladies which were granted to others, I will inquire into it.
§ DR. TANNERI will repeat the question on Monday.