§ MR. LEES KNOWLES (Salford, W.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War if he is aware that the service company of the three Volunteer battalions of the Lancashire Volunteers 576 has been in barracks for upwards of five weeks; and if he will state when, inasmuch as it is fully equipped, it will embark.
MR. J. POWELL-WILLIAMS (for Mr. Wyndham)Information was only received on the 26th ultimo that the company was ready to embark. Companies have been detailed to ships in strict order according to notification of readiness. This company will embark on the "Tagus" about the 16th instant from Southampton.