§ MR. BILL (Staffordshire, Leek)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he will state how many of the militia battalions which volunteered for foreign service at the end of the year 1899 and the first three months of 1900 are still serving in South Africa; and whether he can shortly arrange for the relief of these battalions, all of which will shortly have completed two full years of foreign service.
§ MR. BRODRICKFifteen militia battalions which have been out since the beginning of 1900 are still in South Africa; of these four are due to leave in about a week. The others will be relieved as other militia battalions volunteer to relieve them.
§ MR. M'KENNA (Monmouthshire, N.)Can the right hon. Gentleman say which are leaving?
§ MR. BRODRICKI cannot.