§ CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork, E.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether, with a view to procure serviceable horses for the Army, he will suggest to the War Office the desirability of employing local agents to purchase remounts in the south of Ireland.
*MR. J. POWELL-WILLIAMS (for Mr. WYNDHAM)No, Sir. It is not considered expedient; the staff of the Remount Department is ample for the purpose.
§ CAPTAIN DONELANCan the hon. Gentleman say why the practice followed in the north of Ireland cannot be adopted in the south of Ireland—I mean the practice of employing local agents to purchase horses?
*MR. J. POWELL-WILLIAMSI always understood there was a great deal of difference between the north and south of Ireland.