§ 83. Viscount CASTLEREAGHasked the Secretary of State for War by what authority named in Section 956 of the King's Regulations troops were recently requisitioned for service in Belfast; and whether the said troops were moved into Belfast with the knowledge and consent of the Commander-in-Chief in Ireland?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Colonel Seely)The troops were requisitioned in the first instance by the Lord Mayor of Belfast and are remaining there at his request; the order for the movement of the troops was accordingly issued by the Acting Commander-in-Chief in the absence of the Commander-in-Chief, who was in England at the time.
§ Viscount CASTLEREAGHWas the Commander-in-Chief notified that the troops were to be moved?
§ Colonel SEELYI have no knowledge of that.