§ MR. YOXALL (Nottingham, W.)To ask the Secretary of State for War if he will explain why the Essex Volunteer Brigade is now encamped at Middlewick, Colchester, notwithstanding the expressed objection by all the battalion commanders to this ground as a place for training, and in view of the fact that the land usually available there for tactical manœuvres is now being used by Regular troops firing at the ranges.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) This was carefully considered by the general officer commanding-in-chief concerned, who, in the exercise of his discretion, made the arrangements which he thought most suitable.