§ 20. Mr. SANDYSasked what were the questions of the General Officer Command- 1026 ing referred to in the third paragraph of the last Memorandum in the White Paper on the Irish command?
§ Sir E. GREYWe are in communication with Sir Arthur Paget on this point.
§ 21. Mr. SANDYSasked the Secretary of State for War on what date the first Memorandum on the White Paper, referring to his interview, on the 16th December, with the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, was written?
§ Sir E. GREY9th December.
§ 24. Mr. OUTHWAITEasked if, when intimation was conveyed to Army officers that, under certain circumstances; they may disappear, a similar permission was granted to the non-commissioned officers and men?
§ Sir E. GREYNo, Sir.
§ Mr. JAMES HOPEWhy were not the men put on the same footing as the officers?