§ MR. JOHN DEWAR (Inverness)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he has received two petitions from the islands of Barra, Benbecula, and North and South Uist, bearing over 1,100 signatures, asking that an additional squadron of the Lovat Scouts may be authorised; and whether, having regard to the popularity of the service in these islands, the character of the recruits, and the specially suitable nature of the training ground, he will authorise this addition to the establishment.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. HALDANE,) HaddingtonThe petitions have been received. I fully appreciate the zeal and spirit of the islanders. Whether it would be right to add at present to the existing establishment of Yeomanry is another and much more doubttul matter. The question depends on details of general organisation which cannot possibly be settled for some time.