§ CAPTAIN NORTONI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he can say how many men of the 2nd Cheshire Regiment under orders to embark at Southampton for India on the troopship "Assaye" on Friday last took part in a riot, and how many, if any, of the men of this battalion are enlisted for three years service; also to what cause the riot is attributed.
§ MR. ARNOLD-FORSTERNo official information of the occurrence in question has reached the War Office. The number of three years men in the battalion cannot be obtained at so short notice, but the draft consisting of 100 men contained ninety-seven three years men.
§ CAPTAIN NORTONWere these three years men told on enlistment that they would not be sent to India?
§ MR. ARNOLD-FORSTERNo, Sir; there could have been no such undertaking.