MR. BRYNMOR JONES (Swansea, District)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that 350 horses, stated to be in good condition, were shot in one day during recent operations near Alleman's Nek, in the Transvaal; whether, having regard to the need for remounts, horses now running wild at the seat of war could be collected and utilised by a proper organisation instead of being destroyed.
§ MR. BRODRICKI do not not know whether there is any truth in the incident alluded to, but all horses from the veldt which show probabilities of being useful are collected. Others are destroyed.