§ SIR CARNE RASCH (Essex, Chelmsford)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether, taking into consideration the restoration of numerical titles to battalions of the Line, he will favourably consider the claim of the 2nd Essex to be recognised under their old name of Pompadours, and to wear the purple facings they have borne from 1780 to 1881.
§ MR. ARNOLD-FORSTERApart from any question of the restoration of the numerical titles to regiments of the Line, the title of "Pompadours" for the 2nd Essex has never been officially 193 recognised. As regards the facings it would appear impracticable to give one battalion of a regiment different facings to the linked battalion.