HC Deb 12 December 1902 vol 116 cc1029-30
MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL () Oldham

To ask the Secretary of State for War whether he can state the grounds on which officers of the Household Cavalry are excepted from the provisions of recent regulations which allow a free issue of two chargers to each Cavalry officer; and whether, in the event of it not being found possible to supply officers of the Household Cavalry with Government chargers, a sum equivalent to that granted to Cavalry officers of the Line will be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) The Household Cavalry are a special corps requiring special horses for parade purposes, and it is therefore not held desirable to include them in the proposed arrangements for the Cavalry.