§ Mr. GEORGE ROBERTSasked the Secretary of State for War whether the Legion of Frontiersmen, having its headquarters in London, is an armed, drilled, and officered military body sanctioned by him, though it is a privately controlled force, and not subject to the laws and regulations governing auxiliary forces; whether its members are armed with revolvers and guns, but are exempt from taking out gun licences; and, if so, whether he will give his sanction to other individuals or organisations enrolling armed forces in similar fashion and enjoying similar privileges?
§ Mr. HALDANENo sanction has been given for the formation of the Legion of Frontiersmen as an armed force, and there is no intention of sanctioning the enrolment of armed forces as suggested in the last part of the question. As regards the gun licences I have no information.