§ MR. CLAUDE HAYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state the number of soldiers sentenced to punishment for military offences, now in local or convict prison, and the number of soldiers now undergoing punishment in local or convict prisons, sentenced by the civil courts.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. BRODRICK, Surrey, Guild-ford)The numbers of soldiers in local and convict prisons are as follow:—Sentenced by courts-martial for military offences 235; sentenced by civil courts for criminal offences 192; sentenced by courts- martial for criminal offences 211.