103. Mr. DENNISSasked the Under-Secretary for War whether he will consider, in conjunction with the President of the Local Government Board, the feasibility of utilising as barracks some of the numerous and spacious workhouses in districts where exercising ground is available in the vicinity thereof, having in view the fact that such workhouses will hold many times more troops than the paupers now 216 housed therein and the paupers could be boarded out for the time with advantage to themselves?
§ Mr. TENNANTThe value of workhouses to supplement barrack accommodation is fully recognised, and several workhouses are being used for the housing of soldiers. The inmates are boarded out or sent to other workhouses. These arrangements have been carried out in conjunction with the Local Government Board.