§ COLONEL LEGGE (St. George's, Hanover Square)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that a ball is to be held on the 16th May in aid of the funds of the 2nd County of London Imperial Yeomanry, for which tickets are being sold by the Adjutant and at the theatre ticket offices; whether the sanction of the general officer commanding has been obtained; whether the sum of £585,000, provided for the Imperial Yeomanry in the Army Estimates for 1902–3 has been found to be insufficient; and whether this method of raising additional money meets with the sanction of the War Office.
§ MR. BRODRICKA ball was arranged, but it will not take place. There is no Regulation to prevent a Yeomanry Regiment from giving a subscription ball, and the Commander-in-Chief has no objection to the ball in question. The Regulations recognise the private funds of Yeomanry Regiments.