§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. BRODRICK, Surrey, Guildford),in asking leave to introduce a Bill for establishing reserves of the Militia and Yeomanry, said that Parliament had already accepted the principle of establishing a reserve for the Militia which should not be liable to annual training, but as the law stood, Militiamen could not be exempted from raining. The same held good of the Yeomanry. The House had also voted in this year's Estimates a sum for establishing a Special Service Section of the Yeomanry, liable, if they volunteered to do so, to serve abroad with the regular forces in case of mobilisation. Power was taken in this Bill to call out this section. The Bill introduced no new principle, but merely made effective the proposals for which funds had already been voted by Parliament.
Bill to amend the Law relating to the Militia and Yeomanry, ordered to be brought in by Mr. Secretary Brodrick and Lord Stanley