§ MR. TULLYTo ask the Secretary of State for War whether he can state for what period no troops have been stationed in the Victoria Barracks, Belfast; and can he explain why troops are being moved from Belfast to Newry and outlying stations.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) The Victoria Barracks at Belfast are always in part occupation by the depot of the Royal Irish Rifles. The 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers are now in these barracks, recently returned from South Africa. The general officer commanding Third Army Corps has found it necessary, on a point of accommodation, to send a detachment to Newry.