§ Viscount SANDONasked the Secretary of State for War whether any investigation has or will be held as to the desertions from the military garrison at Gibraltar; how many have taken place this year and on how many different occasions; and what causes are ascribed to, account for occurrences which are quantitatively abnormal in so short a period of time?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSNo, Sir. So far as I am aware there has not been an abnormal number of desertions 227W from Gibraltar. According to the information available in the War Office there have been four deserters in the first nine months of the year.