§ MR. A. M'ARTHURasked the Secretary of State for War, I fit be true, as stated in a letter to "The Daily Telegraph," said to have been written by a Major in the Army at Aldershot, that three and often four families are crammed together in one room, without any attempt at separation even by screens and curtains?
MR. GATHORNE HARDYBefore the letter to which the hon. Gentleman refers appeared in The Daily Telegraph a complaint had been addressed to the War Office on this subject. Upon in- 406 quiries being made I found that in the Royal Artillery Barracks at Aldershot there was such a state of things as the hon. Gentleman speaks of—namely, four families in one room, in which there was no separation by screens or canvas. Directions have been given that such a state of things should be immediately put an end to.