§ MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he is in a position to give further information regarding the 800 valises supplied to the 3rd Bedfordshire Regiment, and reported as unfit for use after three trainings; and, the total number of valises of the description in question supplied to the British Government, and the names of the contractors and of the officers who passed them?
§ SIR HERBERT MAXWELL (A LORD of the TREASURY) (Wigton)(who replied) 971 said: Specimens of these were sent from the Eastern District for examination at Woolwich. They, however, only left the district the day before yesterday; and, considering the time necessary to examine them, it will be at least a week before I can answer this Question.