§ MR. J. GRETTON (Derbyshire, S.)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office if a description of the process of loading shells with high explosives has been published in any of the official text books or manuals issued for use by the Ordnance Factories, or if the process has been notified in the list of official changes; and, whether all processes of such a character are usually so published, unless considered confidential?
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (Mr. POWELLWILLIAMS, Birmingham, S.)The method of filling shells with high explosives has not been published in any manual, as the process is only carried out in the Royal Arsenal. A description of it would be useless to officers at out-stations. So far as secrecy is concerned, there would be no objection to the publication.