§ Mr. SNOWDENasked the Under-Secretary of State for War what action has been taken upon the conduct of the captain at Richmond Castle, Yorkshire, in the case of Andrews Britain, an assistant schoolmaster of York, who was arrested on Monday, 12th June, forcibly dressed in khaki, handcuffed, and taken to Richmond, where on arrival he refused to obey an order, and was assaulted by a corporal, bruised and cut about the face, and next day, on refusing to parade, was knocked down by another non-commissioned officer, and forcibly carried to the parade ground, and when he quietly tried to explain his position to the captain, this officer ordered 546W him to be stripped naked except his shirt, and placed him against the wall in a public square, and if a civilian who raised his cap to Britain and spoke respectfully to him was arrested; if the officer who committed these outrages has been courtmartialled; and, if so, what punishment has been inflicted?
§ Mr. TENNANTInquiry is being made, but in the meantime I must not be understood as accepting the allegations made as correct.