SIR WALTER FOSTER (Derbyshire, Ilkeston)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the expected return of a number of troops from South Africa at the end of September, he will consider the claims of those soldiers to be sent home who have served the longest time in the field, especially those who, like men in the Derbyshire regiment, served in the Tirah campaign before going to South Africa, and have been wounded in this campaign.
LORD STANLEYI am not at present in a position to make any statement in the direction suggested by the question.