HC Deb 24 July 1913 vol 55 c2227
109. Major HOPE

asked whether the eighteen Marindin range-finders supplied since 1st January were all new instruments or whether some of them were instruments which had been in use by the Army for upwards of two years and had been returned to the makers for some minor repairs?

Mr. TENNANT

Of the eighteen Marindin range-finders supplied seventeen were new and one was a repaired instrument, but the length of time it had been in use cannot be traced without further inquiry.

Major HOPE

Were these seventeen actually issued new instruments this year?

Mr. TENNANT

Yes.

Major HOPE

Issued for the first time this year to the Army?

Mr. TENNANT

Yes.