§ Mr. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that paragraph 38 of Army Order dated 1st May 1901, does not provide for the registration at War Office expense of letters containing money orders; and in view of the fact that on the 11th July last a letter addressed to a private in the 3rd Seaforth Highlanders containing a money order for upwards of £10, representing part of the money due to him on his regiment being disembodied, fell into the hands of some other person by whom the order was fraudulently cashed, will he consider the expediency of arranging for the registration of letters of value such as that indicated.
LORD STANLEYThe attention of the Secretary of State for War has been drawn to this matter, and he is considering the best means of minimising the danger of improper payment.