MR. GIBSON BOWLES (Lynn Regis)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether any officer of the Army Service Corps has been attached to Sir W. Nicholson or Sir Ian Hamilton for the purpose of acquiring information as to the Japanese system of army land transport.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) No officer of the Army Service Corps has been attached. The system of Army land transport will be reported on by the officers who have been attached, several of whom have had experience in dealing with transport, notably Sir W. Nicholson, who was Director of Transport during the recent war in South Africa.