§ SIR SEYMOUR KINGI beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether, in view of the fact that the Indian Government has recommended the grant of the frontier medal to the men who took part in the Mekran Expedition in 1898, for which the officer in command received a C.B., and two officers were awarded a D.S.O., while others were mentioned in despatches, he can explain why the grant of the medal has been withheld from the troops who, to the number of about 1,000, took part in the operations for which the officers received special recognition.
§ LORD G. HAMILTONThe question of the grant of a medal for the Mekran operations has been very carefully considered on two separate occasions, and has been decided in the negative. The honours mentioned in my hon. friend's question were conferred for special and personal services, in which the force generally had no share.