HC Deb 13 March 1900 vol 80 c728
MR. MCCRAE (Edinburgh, E.)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War when the War Office will be able to announce the amount of the capitation grant to be given to Volunteer mounted infantry companies; whether permission will be given for companies of, say, fifty strong going into camp and receiving free transport and daily ration allowances; and whether such permission would preclude the mounted infantry attending their brigade or regimental camps in the same year.

*MR. J. POWELL-WILLIAMS

This matter was dealt with in the statement of my hon. friend the Under Secretary of State last night. I am not yet able to announce the amount of the capitation grant which will be given in the few cases in which Volunteer corps will be allowed to form mounted companies.

MR. MCCRAE

Will the hon. Gentleman answer the last part of the question?

*MR. J. POWELL-WILLIAMS

That is one of the conditions not at present settled. I cannot answer the question more fully.