§ 22. Mr. HOHLERasked the Secretary of State for War, in reference to the answer given by him on the 6th July, 1912, whether the method adopted by the officers of the Royal Engineers for testing clothing has been the practice for over forty years; and which is the Army clothing regulation that confines the duty of officers to dealing with surpluses and deficiencies and variations from pattern?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Colonel Seely)The duties of boards of survey are laid down in paragraph 263 of the Clothing Regulations, Part I. The reply to the first part of the question is in the negative.