§ CAPTAIN NORTONI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether it has been brought to his notice that the mounted company of the Bedford Regiment, 100 strong, were upon arrival in South Africa supplied with only fifteen horses, which horses were afterwards taken from them, and they were consequently obliged to march to the front in their riding kit; and what steps, if any, have since been taken to mount these men.
*MR. J. POWELL-WILLIAMS (for Mr. WYNDHAM)The Secretary of State for War has no knowledge of the matter referred to. I may, however, explain that the clothing of mounted infantry has been designed so as to admit of the men being used as foot soldiers.