*SIR J. JARDINK (Roxburghshire)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for India what authority suggested the transfer of the Gordon Highlanders from Jullundhur to Fort William at Calcutta 1395 at an expense to the Indian taxpayer of £1,770; and whether the arrangements of the Fort William garrison allowed the Presbyterian officers and rank and file any further religious privileges, especially as regards the sacraments, than had been enjoyed in the Government church of Jullundhur cantonment, and an espiscopal outbuilding in Fort William was placed at their disposal and used for celebrating the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
§ MR. BUCHANANThe Gordon Highlanders were sent from Peshawur, not to Jullundhur but to Calcutta, by the military authorities in accordance with the principle laid down in the Secretary of State's despatch dated the 27th December, 1907, which is printed in the Cd. Paper 4022. I gave the hon. Member on the 28th October the information that we have from India as to the church accommodation available for the regiment in Calcutta; it does not contain a statement that an "Episcopal outbuilding" was placed at their disposal for communion services.