§ MR. CULLINAN (Tipperary, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he can give an undertaking that the persons suffering losses from the house wreckings and burglaries committed by privates of the Shropshire Light Infantry, in Tipperary, will be compensated by the Army Department and thus save the local ratepayers from being mulcted for those acts.
LORD STANLEYAny offences by soldiers against life or property are dealt with by the civil power, and it is not proposed to alter the usual procedure.
§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)Will the Government consider the advisability of sending this regiment out to South Africa, where looting is allowed?
§ MR. CULLINANAre Militiamen sent to Ireland to be allowed the same latitude as their fellows in South Africa?