§ 112. Colonel WARDEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War on what conditions the officer commanding the 4th Hussars withdrew his resignation on the 21st March, as the result of the visit, of General Sir A. Paget to the regiment on that date; whether he interviewed all the officers of the regiment; whether they all withdrew their resignations; whether he adopted the same course with reference to the 5th and 16th Lancers, if not, why not; and what that course was?
§ Mr. McKENNAI have not the information asked for in the question, except in so far as it relates to the 4th Hussars. As I am about to give a full answer on this point, perhaps the hon. and gallant Gentleman will allow me to defer that part of the answer.
§ Mr. FIENNESI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department a question of which I have given him private notice: Whether, in view of the misunderstanding which exists upon the subject, there was any difference, and, if so, what, 1631 between the position taken up by the officers of the 5th and 16th Lancers and those of the 4th Hussars in the recent incident at the Curragh?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe difference between the position of the officers of the 5th and 16th Lancers and that of those of the 4th Hussars was that General Sir Arthur Paget's statements to the officers at the Curragh on 21st March cleared up the misapprehensions which previously existed amongst the 4th Hussars, but did not succeed in removing the misapprehensions of the 5th and 16th Lancers. The colonel of the 4th Hussars, by his own request, attended at the War Office, with the three other senior officers, in order that he might share with them any disciplinary Measures that might be enforced.