§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, 784 having regard to the fact that Sir John Ardagh has been since 1896 the director of military intelligence, and that his evidence may be required by the Royal Commission to inquire into the war, will he consider the desirability of appointing him a Royal Commissioner for the revision of sentences by court martial in South Africa, a post which will entail his absence from England.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI do not think that Sir John Ardagh's work on the Commission is likely to make it impossible or even difficult to obtain any evidence from him that may be required for the more extended inquiry into the South African War.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLWill the Commission be permitted to get Sir John Ardagh's Report as to the condition of things before the war?
§ [No reply was given.]