§ 5. Mr. BOWERMANasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether the 2/7th Sherwood Foresters, now stationed in Galway, have been officially ordered to pay half the expenses of erecting stabling for their regimental horses and mules out of regimental funds; whether permission to billet the animals was refused, and that the animals had to stand night and day in the open in the inclement weather recently experienced; and whether he will take steps to relieve the regiment from such payment?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the WAR OFFICE (Mr. Forster)It was not practicable to billet the horses in Galway, and stabling is being provided. The regiment concerned will not be called upon to pay for this stabling.