§ MR. JOHN O'CONNOR (Kildare, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether it is the custom of the military stationed at the Curragh Camp, county Kildare, to keep horses and vehicles to carry soldiers and their wives between the camp and adjacent railway stations on private business; whether fares for the journeys are deducted from the pay of the soldiers who use or whose wives use those vehicles, and the amount handed over to the sergeants' mess fund; is there a licence paid for such vehicles; are the horses Army horses and the drivers soldiers; do the military authorities pay any contribution to the up-keep of the roads; do the hackney-car owners of the Curragh district pay a weekly fee for the privilege of standing at the Curragh Camp for the purposes 1547 of hire; and will he inquire into the practice, if any, of the use by the military of vehicles in competition with the qualified and licensed car-owners of the Curragh district, with the view of discontinuing any such practice?
§ MR. HALDANEThe Question concerns a matter of local administration on which the War Office has no information; but I have no objection to asking the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief in Ireland for a report, and I will let the hon. Member know the result of my inquiries.