MR. FIELDI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that the stores supplied to the military at Spike Island are imported from a London co-operative concern, to the detriment of local taxpayers in business; and whether he can take any steps to secure that military stores shall be purchased in the locality where the troops are stationed?
§ *THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. CAMPBELL - BANNERMAN,&c.) Stirling,I presume the question refers to canteen supplies. The canteen in each regiment is managed entirely by a committee which has complete control of the business. The War Office cannot interfere with its proceedings in the matter of the purchase of supplies.