§ MR. T. M. HEALY (Louth, N.)To ask the Secretary of State for War why the Dublin Fusiliers, Second Battalion, after nearly fifteen years foreign service, and fighting during the late war from its commencement, were sent to Aden from South Africa in February, 1902, while regiments with much less war service or foreign service have been allowed home long since; is there any fighting to be done at Aden; and if not, will the Dublin Fusiliers soon be replaced there by some other regiment.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) This battalion, which was due home in the 1902–3 trooping season, has been temporarily detained at Aden owing to military exigencies. This battalion, like many others, has unfortunately had its foreign service prolonged by the war and the subsequent detention of a large force in South Africa.