§ MR. CROMBIE (Kincardineshire)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he will state to what firms in London a circular was recently issued by the War Office stating that the Commander-in-Chief proposed to furnish officers, on appointment to the Army, with lists of firms pre pared to give special cash prices for the outfits required by them; and whether this circular was sent to tailors in Ireland, Scotland, and the provinces.
LORD STANLEYI am not prepared to read out a long list of firms in reply to a Question, but I may inform the hon 60 Member that the circular recently despatched was sent to those firms who took the trouble to respond to the original circular, and amongst those were tailors in Ireland, Scotland and the provinces.