§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that dissatisfaction exists amongst the officers and men of the Highland Light Infantry at the arrangement under which the regiment is not brigaded with other Highland regiments, but has been assigned to a depot in the Lowlands of Scotland; and will he arrange for the depot of all Highland regiments to be in the Highlands.
§ MR. ARNOLD - FORSTERI must refer the hon. Member to a reply which I gave to the hon. Member for Midlothian on the 8th instant,†from which he will
† (4) Debates, cxlii., 706.450 gather that the depot of the Highland Light Infantry has been at Hamilton since 1881. There is no intention of making a change.
§ MR. MALCOLM (Suffolk, Stowmarket)Does the right hon. Gentleman still hold to the opinion that regimental depots must go?
§ MR. ARNOLD-FORSTERYes, Sir; I do very strongly think it would be very greatly to the public advantage that the existing regimental depot system should be altered.