§ MR. SOAMES (Norfolk, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether any inquiry has been held with reference to the death of William Ward, a private in the Prince of Wales' Own Norfolk Artillery Militia, at Yarmouth, on the 18th instant, which death is alleged to have been the result of sunstroke incurred on the journey from Sheerness on the previous day; whether Ward wore the field service cap or some other head-dress on the journey; and whether the War Office has yet come to any decision with regard to the future head-covering for our troops.
§ * MR. WYNDHAMThis man was taken ill at 4.30 p.m. on the 17th instant while on a baggage guard at the South Town Railway Station, Yarmouth. The inquest verdict was "heat, overwork." On the journey he wore a helmet, but when working under cover at the station he wore a forage cap; he did not work in the sun at all. Inquiry will be made into the allegation of over-work. I have dealt with the question of a new headdress in debate.