§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state for what offence men of the Scottish Horse were sentenced to terms of imprisonment; how many were undergoing imprisonment at the termination of the war; whether any have since been released; and, if so, how many; and whether any distinction as regards food, housing, and general treatment is made between these men and ordinary criminals; have any of the men of the Scottish Horse who were sentenced been or are employed with convicts on the Capetown breakwater.
§ MR. BRODRICKTwenty-one men of the Scottish Horse were convicted of mutiny in March, 1902, and twenty were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment and one to three years penal servitude. They were all undergoing sentence at the end of the war. All have since been released, except the man sentenced to penal servitude, 17 whose sentence has been commuted to two years imprisonment and the further remission of which will be considered in August. The sentences have all been undergone in military prisons.
§ MR. BRODRICKI am not aware of such employment. My information is that the sentences were carried out in military prisons.