§ MR. WOOD (Down, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he has received any communication from the Downpatrick Town Commissioner as to the training of the 5th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles at Downpatrick; can he state why this regiment is not trained at Downpatrick, which is the headquarters of the battalion; and if he can give an undertaking that in future the training will be carried out at Downpatrick.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (Mr. BROMLEY DAVENPORT,) Cheshire, MacclesfieldNo communication has been received at the War Office from the Downpatrick Town Commissioner. The matter is one for the General Officer Commanding concerned to decide, with whose discretion I am not prepared to interfere.