Show SOUTH AFRICAN WAR NAR EXPENSES For tho Cast Year Over sJ ItO ty no o Million MIlIon Pounds I GO SOLDIERS 1 1 l I II IJ I J DIr 11 r k hll il or II 1 li llin tl Sonio Ii III hi I I t London 1 tIl 11 31 Tho Will war secretary Mr lIr In Introducing a it nipple I 1 fI of ur JOM 0 III In hi QI of tt toils sold said ihil brought till thus total of ot the tIme cot loat of at din th lie fin lijO Ijo ho your lar up ill to 61 n 1 Mr said ald thor wera t l re still mill oo BritIsh In iii I The expenses of tin th ha WI III now flow Wen beast reduced to toa about a ut per month Mr Mi I ot ut tho the I riy gry estimate furnished Sir Mir John Maple with an In II to 10 refer ratel to tu lay report of ot the commutes appoint appointed ed fill to Inquire Into tho lisa purchase 1 ot of hOrN hOrt hOre n eu e for tor hip tho which report while Sir John for ut em liMe Able attacks upon the th Integrity of ot of at found that excessIve ve prices wore ivore paid Sir John asserted that lila liln hl orIgIn HI III statements were true anti and submItted letters to show aho that certain rH mIxed up tip In horse swindle nt at lIttOn Hilda Post mid Ho III n 1180 no that time the evidence etora the tha re V r sAlad lIm o n green cross scandal Mr ir h Hothouse a n member of ot tho the on committee defended tho the officer but hut declared that the lie Investigations ie me glaring glar In shortcomings In the re reo remount remount mount On one Otto contract for tor houses homes amounting to tho tio profit was Willi Assuming that a I similar percentage of profit was made on tho the In lii the tho aker o that tim tho war olilee had on tho the contractors a pm 1111 iii fit m ot ut The Tho remount departS depart department ment was waR clearly and the of at the heat head of It ought to bo be diM dis SId At juncture William Vernon Harcourt liberal said ho lie desired some sonie explanation regarding the tho new con contracts tracts for tor or food Mr replied somewhat lip flip flippantly whereupon there were Wele loud cries of at order Sir Si William III amid cheers reminded tho the war secretary that It was tIre the custom of ot the tho house for one osto member to treat trent Another with gentlemanly courtesy Henry liberal declared that hat somebody ought to be bo hanged In III connection with the remounts anti moved d n II reduction of ot the tho vote ot Loid tol Stanley financial secretary to the war itar explained that nil the transactions complained of had been be conducted d by the tim yeomanry too tee which was wan not connected with the lisa Will vai Mr defended William It n Truman of ot the tho remount department from the of tiny any dishonorable conduct und mind after ott r being considerably d from rein 1011 tho tue liberal lillie aide reluctantly under undertook took to make mako n a till full Investigation of or the tho cases arises ot of all 1111 omd concerned anti promised there thalo should be he no recurrence of ot the payment of ot prices for tor horses Mr motion was rejected by J a II vote ote of at lOG to 75 76 and the supple supplementary estimates were ivero adopted by b n a vote ote of ot 50 to 60 GO |