§ SIR J. W. MACLURE (Lancashire, Stretford)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, seeing that a communication was received by the War Office on or about the 18th May, inquiring whether sanction would be given for the formation of a Volunteer Corps of Engineers in South East Lancashire, including Manchester, Salford, and neighbouring towns, and that the assurance was given that over 1,000 men connected with the engineering and allied trades had promised to join and to conform with the Volunteer Regulations Act, whether any definite reply has been given; and, if not, can he state whether the necessary sanction and consent of the War Office will be granted for the formation of the proposed corps if all the necessary conditions and requirements are properly undertaken.
§ * MR. WYNDHAMThe question is under the consideration of the general officer commanding North Western District, with whom the persons proposing to raise the corps have been requested to correspond.