§ Sir SAMUEL SCOTTasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the fact that the French War Office has adopted after trials a satisfactory type of automatic rifle, he will continue experiments on automatic rifles in this country?
§ Colonel SEELYI presume the hon. Baronet is alluding to the statement in the French Chamber that although it was not intended to make any change of Infantry armament at present, the experiments carried out by their Government would enable them, if necessary, to manufacture automatic rifles at once. Trials with automatic rifles are being continued by the War Office.