§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether the Secretary of State for War will use his influence with the railway companies to secure the same reduction in fares to Irish officers quartered in England when going on leave to Ireland as is allowed to English officers quartered in Ireland when going on leave to England.
* MR. J. POWELL-WILLIAMSThe concessions of cheap fares to Army officers are confined to journeys to London and back, and have been obtained entirely by local arrangement, and not through the War Office. It is believed that any extension of these special terms is more likely to be obtained in the same manner than by action on the part of the War Office.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLWhy are Irish officers placed under this disability?
* MR. J. POWELL-WILLIAMSThey are not. My suggestion is that they should take the same course as has been taken in reference to journeys to London.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLWill you issue an order indicating what that course is?