§ 11. Mr. GOLDSMITHasked whether any instructions have been issued to officers employed to purchase horses in Ireland on mobilisation; if so, whether these instructions are the same as those issued to officers to be engaged in a similar duty in England and Scotland; and, if not, what is the reason for issuing different instructions and regulations for Ireland?
§ Colonel SEELYThe instructions issued to purchasers in Ireland differ in some respects from those issued to purchasers in the rest of the United Kingdom, because the surplus horse population in Ireland is so much larger than in the rest of the United Kingdom.