MR. GEORGE KENYON (Denbigh Boroughs)I beg to ask the Secretary 1329 of State for War whether it is in contemplation to remove the officers of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and other regiments from the military centre at Wrexham to Shrewsbury: whether this is to be followed by the abolition of Wrexham as a military centre; whether he is aware that the barracks at Wrexham have only been erected a few years, at a great cost, when that town was selected by the military authorities as being the most accessible for the counties comprised in the district; and whether he will reconsider the whole question.
§ MR. ARNOLD-FORSTERShrewsbury has been selected as the headquarters of the Welsh Border group of regimental districts. Any changes in the quartering of regiments which may follow upon this decision could only take place after the erection of depots.
MR. KENYON:Will the right hon. Gentleman be good enough to remember, when making any changes in regard to Welsh regiments, that Shrewsbury is not in Wales at present?