§ MR. SCHWANN (Manchester, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the mounted infantry company of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion Manchester Rifles having represented to the War Office that the Isle of Man, where the Manchester Brigade is going in Whit week, is unfit 245 for the training of mounted men, the War Office have offered Liphook as an alternative camping ground for the company, and that the War Office have since intimated that if Liphook be chosen the company will receive no pay, and camp allowance for one week only, whereas if they go to the Isle of Man they will receive both pay and camp allowance for two weeks; and, if so, whether arrangements can be made for the company to go to a suitable training ground under the same conditions as to the Isle of Man, as they are anxious to make themselves as efficient as possible.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. ARNOLD-FORSTER,) Belfast, W.This matter has already been referred to headquarters by the General Officer Commanding concerned in the proper manner, and is now receiving consideration.