§ 15. Mr. JOWETTasked the Secretary of State for War if his attention has been drawn to complaints made by men of the 2/7th Duke of Wellington's Regiment stationed at Wangford, in Suffolk, against the colonel in command, one of which complaints is that he caused a number of men who had fallen out of the ranks during a route march by reason of exhaustion and sore feet to be drawn up on the parade ground in the centre of the whole battalion in order that he might tell them publicly that they had no guts in them and that he wished that the other men would take the matter in their own hands and punish them, as they were slackers; and whether he will have investigations made concerning the complaints against the officer referred to?
§ Mr. FORSTERMy attention has not previously been drawn to this matter, but if my hon. Friend has private information from reliable sources I should be glad to be placed in possession of it.