§ MR. KEARLEY (Devonport)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the Admiralty, considering the improvement in naval shooting by the use, in the naval gunnery schools, of Admiral Percy Scott's inventions, will order the immediate equipment of all Naval Reserve drill ships, batteries, and Volunteer Reserve drill premises with these instruments.
(Answered by Mr. Pretyman.) The general introduction of these instruments for use in the naval service is necessarily a costly proceeding, and the sea-going Fleet is the first consideration in the order of supply. Some of these instruments, moreover, are not considered necessary instructional appliances for Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve men, and in other cases are not suitable for use with the drill armaments of the establishments in question. Such, however, as are suitable and considered necessary are being supplied when available.