Captain FABERasked the Secretary of State for War if he will state whether, with reference to the accidental shooting of the Rev. N. Hodgson, the detachment, of the 8th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment arrived in the plantation from which the shots were fired after the fatal occurrence had taken place?
§ Mr. HALDANEThe Proceedings of the Court of Inquiry showed that this detachment was in the part of the plantation in question during the manœuvres, but they contained no evidence that it had not arrived until after the accident. On further inquiry being made, it appears that this detachment had not reached the plantation until after the fatal occurrence had taken place.