COLONEL LONG (Worcestershire, Evesham)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he can state what steps it is proposed to take to 1553 insure the London Volunteers having satisfactory facilities, as far as ranges near at hand arc concerned, for rifle practice and for becoming efficient shots.
§ MR. BRODRICKThe ranges at Bisley and Staines provide for a large number of the corps, and I had hoped that with the assistance of the London County Council an excellent range could have been obtained for those corps whose headquarters are in the east of the Metropolis. The representatives of the Volunteers, however, refused to accept the arrangement it the Loudon County Council participated therein. I have no other scheme at present under consideration.