§ SIR ROBERT HOBART (Hampshire, New Forest)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether the Northumberland Artillery Militia can be called out, assembled, and trained this year at Tynemouth, where the Castle Barracks are now empty, their arms and accoutrements being sent from Berwick, thus avoiding expense to the public; whether there is a battery at Tynemouth armed with modern guns, which do not exist at Berwick; and whether there is ample camping ground adjoining the Castle Barracks on which the Durham Artillery Militia, with a strength of 200 men more than the Northumberland Artillery Militia, have been previously trained.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) All arrangements for training and camps of the auxiliary forces are in the hands of the general officers commanding-in-chief. The matter raised will, however, be brought to the notice of the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief concerned.