MR. ARCHDALEasked the Secretary of State for War, Is it a fact that the boat lanterns and filters have been taken from the officers in the summer camps in the Soudan, on the ground that they were only intended for the men, and that the officers were to supply themselves with those articles out of their field allowance; whether any provisions have been made to enable them to do so; and, is it a fact that when serving to the south of Wady Halfa the officers of the Egyptian Army's pay is doubled, while no addition is made to the pay of the British Army?
§ SIR ARTHUR HAYTER(who replied) said: I am sorry to say that at the War Office we have no information on the subject to which the hon. Member's Question refers.
§ COLONEL KING-HARMANWill the Secretary of State make inquiries?
§ SIR ARTHUR HAYTERI will make inquiries as to the third Question; but as to the other two, they will probably be rectified on complaints being made by the officers themselves.