§ MR. MACARTNEY (Antrim, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, whether he can state how many years home service the 1st. Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers have had, and when in the ordinary course their term of Colonial service will commence; and whether, having regard to the distinguished services of the Battalion in the present war, and their losses killed and wounded, it is the intention 1321 the War Office to bring the battalion home before proceeding again abroad.
§ MR. BRODRICKThis regiment had been eleven years at home when the war broke out and would, according to the roster, have gone abroad in the season 1907–1908. The disturbance in the roster is too great to enable us to say precisely whether the regiment can be brought home, but all consideration will be given to the claims of the regiment.