§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War what course it is proposed to take with reference to the 3,500 British soldiers now liberated who have been captured by the Boers, having regard to the provisions in the Queen's Regulations enjoining the holding of a court of inquiry in connection with every case of surrender to discover the circumstances under which the capture was effected.
§ *MR. WYNDHAMLord Roberts has reported that no blame attaches to the officers who have been released, and that they have been reinstated. No official information has reached the War Office in regard to the liberated non-commissioned officers and men.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman, merely as a matter of information, has there been no regular inquiry, and have these prisoners been let loose without any investigation?
§ *MR. WYNDHAMI have given the hon. Member all the information I have. The Queen's Regulations lay down that there shall be an inquiry, and I have no reason to suppose that they have been infringed.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI will inquire myself.