§ Sir WALTER MENZIESasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Trooper Laird, a miner, of Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, hired a valuable horse from Mr. Robert Graham, a miner, of the same parish, for the purposes of the usual yeomanry training; and that the horse was injured and finally had to be destroyed during the course of the hire; and whether, under these circumstances, the Territorial Association are liable or should make themselves liable to the owner, or whether he must rely for compensation solely upon the trooper, who, being a working miner, would obviously feel this a great hardship?
§ Mr. HALDANEI am now in communication with the Association in this matter, and will let my hon. Friend know the result.