§ COLONEL WELBY (Taunton)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, whether he can state the exact nature of the terms of reference or instructions that will be given to the Court of Inquiry on the management of the Remount Department; if not, whether 172 he can give assurance that they will define the nature and scope of the Court's inquiry into the conduct of General Truman during the whole time he has been at the head of that Department; into the sufficiency of the staff allowed him when war broke out to deal with exceptional pressure; and into the responsibility of Inspectors-General of Remounts for collecting and tabulating in peace time information as to possible purchasing of horses in our Colonies, and in Foreign Countries in the event of war.
§ MR. BRODRICKI cannot give the precise terms, but they will be definite and will cover General Truman's responsibility for collecting information.