§ Mr. JAMES THOMASasked the Under-Secretary for War whether he is aware that the commanding officer of the Derbyshire Yeomanry, Squadron C, has issued orders which will prevent the men using their own horses during the annual training at Whitsuntide, and further that all horses are to be supplied by him; and, having regard to the fact that many of these men have in the past used their own horses and that the £5 grant has been some recompense for the services they render, if he will intervene with a view to allowing the past practice to continue, and also to secure the same treatment in this matter for the men of Squadron C as exists in all other squadrons in this regiment>
§ Colonel SEELYThe hon. Member appears to have been misinformed. No orders have been issued to prevent the men using their own horses, but in cases where men have no horses of their own the commanding officer has himself arranged to hire the horses required and has forbidden the men to hire any horses in order to secure that suitable horses are engaged. Out of a total of 100 horses forty only have been hired by this officer.