HC Deb 06 August 1919 vol 119 cc363-4
70. Mr. MacVEAGH

asked whether the rifles and ammunition of the Ulster Volunteers are in military custody; whether it was made a condition of surrendering them that they should not be removed from Ulster; whether, in fact, they are still in Ulster; what position is now held in the British Army in Ulster by General Hacket Paine; and what position was held by the same gentleman in the Ulster Volunteer organisation?

Mr. CHURCHILL

The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirma- tive, and to the second part in the negative. It is not considered to be in. the public interest to state where arms are stored. As regards the last part of the question, Brigadier-General Sir G. W. Hacket Paine is in command of the Northern District in the Irish Command.