§ MR. HANBURYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War who is responsible for the recruiting advertisements in local newspapers; and whether he is aware that those advertisements still state that the soldier will, amongst other advantages, be well fed and well-clothed; and, if so, whether the War Office are prepared to give a more accurate description of the facts by some indication in such advertisements of the large contribution which the soldier has to make towards both food and clothing?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANRecruiting advertisements are issued under the authority of the Inspector General of Recruiting. My attention has been called to the advertisement referred to by my hon. Friend, and I am 1568 of opinion that it requires some modification, as certain of the phrases, although expressing what is true, are capable of being read in a misleading sense. I propose to direct that this advertisement should be in future confined to that part of it which refers intending recruits to the pamphlet on the advantages of the Army, which pamphlet gives a full statement of all the stoppages and other conditions imposed on the soldier.