§ MR. H. C. RICHARDS (Finsbury, E.)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether the Earl of Lonsdale was employed by him, or by his authority, in the supervision or purchase of remounts, and in what capacity; and does the War Office intend to confine its purchases to the ranks of commissioned officers, and to reject all outside expert advice or experience.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) Lord Lonsdale was employed under the authority of the Yeomanry Committee in December, 1899. It has been considered desirable mainly to employ commissioned officers in connection with remount work, but there is no intention whatever of rejecting outside advice and experience.