25. Major-General Sir R. HUTCHISONasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he can make any statement regarding the re-establishment of a garrison in Edinburgh Castle, so much desired by Scottish public opinion?
Lieut.-Colonel GUINNESSArrangements have been made, and will come in to force at once, for the stationing in Edinburgh Castle of a detachment 31 strong. This detachment will find the Castle guard and the guard at Holyrood Palace. The detachment will be relieved once a week instead of every other day, and in addition once a month the battalion at Bedford Barracks will march with the relieving detachment to the Castle with band and pipers, and the band will play on the Esplanade while the guard is being mounted. In addition, there are at the Castle about 30 other soldiers employed at the Command Headquarters. I trust that these arrangements, to which much consideration has been given, will prove acceptable to Scottish public opinion. It is impossible to do more without both interfering with the training of the battalion at Redford and putting the Castle garrison into unfit quarters.
§ Sir R. HUTCHISONWill the hon. and gallant Gentleman remember that the Scottish motto still remains Nemo me impune lacessit?