§ SIR J. FERGUSSON (Manchester, N.E.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War if the Secretary of State has received a report of the encampment 1505 of two Imperial Yeomanry battalions for three weeks in an unhealthy spot near Beira after their disembarkation, whereby widespread fever and dysentery were contracted, and many deaths occurred; whether, with one exception, all the officers were prostrated, and a number of horses died; and whether the Commission will inquire into the circumstances.
§ MR. WYNDHAMA report of the detention of Yeomanry at Bamboo Creek and of mortality amongst the animals reached the War Office in May. A telegram was despatched to Sir F. Carrington calling for a full report. This has not yet been received.