§ LORD CHARLES BERESFORD (Woolwich)To ask the Secretary of State for War, whether the guns for the Siege Brigade, Thames Defences, are stored in the Woolwich Arsenal; and whether, in view of the fact that the 2nd Kent Royal Garrison Artillery Volunteers have expended £500 in erecting a drill shed at their Lewisham Headquarters, he will allow the guns intended for this corps to be issued to them at once.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) The 6-inch howitzers, which will form the armament the 2nd Kent Royal Garrison Artillery Volunteers are eventually to have, are not yet ready. At the time the howitzers were approved for the corps, the officer commanding was warned that some considerable time must elapse before they would be available for issue.