§ THE EARL OF GRANARDsaid, he rose to call attention to the inadequacy of the lodging allowance paid to noncommissioned officers of the permanent staff of Irish Militia battalions not serving on Army engagements; and to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, Whether it was the intention of Her Majesty's Government to increase the allowances, or to build, hire, or otherwise provide suitable quarters, as was done in England, for the permanent staff where no permanent accommodation could be given in barracks?
THE EARL OF MORLEYsaid, that the allowances to non-commissioned officers of the permanent staff of Militia battalions were precisely the same in all parts of the United Kingdom, and he feared that he could not hold out any hope that the allowances to the permanent staff sergeants would be increased. The noble Earl had some cause for complaint in connection with the head-quarters of his own regiment at Mullingar. It was sometimes difficult for the non-commissioned officers on the permanent staff to obtain good accommodation; but the Secretary of State for War had recently been in communication with the General Commanding in Ireland with the object of having further accommodation provided at Mullingar.
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