§ Lord CHARLES BERESFORDasked the Secretary for War whether the Army Council has issued an order that colours are not to be carried by bodies of men belonging to the National Reserve; and whether he is aware that such an order is giving dissatisfaction throughout the country?
§ Colonel SEELYThe Army Council do not approve of the carrying of consecrated colours by any other bodies than uniformed corps of enlisted soldiers. I do not think this can cause dissatisfaction when it is remembered that the privilege of carrying colours is now and always has been exclusively reserved for fighting units.