§ 20. Lieut.-Colonel ARCHER-SHEEasked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to certain comments in the Press upon the selection of the 1st battalion Irish Guards for service overseas before other Guards battalions; and whether he can state what was the position of this battalion on the roster for foreign service, in view of these comments?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSThe 1st battalion Irish Guards has been selected to go to Constantinople solely because it was at the top of the roster for foreign service.