§ MR. TILLETT (Norwich)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether, with a view to securing better discipline, sergeant-majors and sergeant-instructors of Volunteers having book returns and forms of an official nature to compile whilst in camp, can be provided with better accommodation than that allotted to privates of their corps, eight persons to a tent; and whether he will consider the advisability of providing a tent for use as orderly room whilst in camp.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Foster.) The point has been considered, 1454 occurred, and the statistics for each station are as follows:— but it is held that the proportion of tents allowed is ample for a camp which is not of long duration. It may be pointed out that by putting nine men in a tent, which is not unusual, accommodation could be gained up to one tent per company.