§ MR. J. P. FARRELL (Longford, N.)To ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he is aware that a number of troops are being manœuvred at different parts in county Longford; whether any steps are being taken to compensate farmers whose crops may be injured in the course of these military manœuvres and will he state to whom claims are to be made in such cases.
(Answered by Mr. Bromley Davenport.) Small bodies of troops have lately manoeuvred from Mullingar. Steps are always taken to compensate farmers whose crops may be injured, claims being inquired into on the spot by the officer commanding the troops.