§ Mr. W. F. D. SMITH (Strand, Westminster)To ask the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that an order has been issued forbidding the sale of spirituous liquors in the canteens of Imperial Yeomanry Regiments when out for annual training; 705 whether unfavourable reports have been received upon the management of such canteens in previous years; and, if not, whether he will cause the order to be cancelled.
§ (Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) The Imperial Yeomanry, when out for training, are under military law, and, as regards their canteens, are subject to the same rules as govern the canteens of the regular Army and Militia. Under these rules the sale of spirituous liquors of any description is prohibited at home. No unfavourable reports upon the management of Yeomanry canteens have been received in previous years.