MR. BKYN ROBERTS (Carnarvonshire, Eifion)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that Bryan George Davies-Cooke, honorary 557 Colonel of the 2nd V.B. Royal Welsh Fusiliers and A.D.O. to His Majesty the King, was, on 1st October, 1901, adjudicated bankrupt, and that on his application for discharge at Chester, on 17th April, 1902, his discharge was suspended for four years. Whether he is aware that in 1878 this gentleman paid to his creditors 7s. 10d. in the £, and that in 1889 another scheme for his creditors' benefit resulted in most of them receiving nothing; whether this gentleman has, in accordance with regulations, notified to his Commanding Officer the fact that he was unable to meet his engagements; whether the matter has been brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War by the Commander in Chief; and if so, what has been his decision; and, if the bankrupt has not complied with the regulations, whether he will be permitted to hold His Majesty's Commission and continue to act as A.D.C. to His Majesty the King; and what steps he proposes to take in the matter
MR. KENYON (Denbigh Boroughs)May I ask whether this officer is not one of the oldest and most zealous of Volunteer officers, and is it any part of the duty of the War Office to hit a man when he is down?