72. Sir GILBERT PARKERasked the Under-Secretary for War whether it will be possible to relieve the garrison at Sierra Leone, which is suffering greatly from the fact that leave is long overdue and that the admissions to the hospitals have unduly increased?
§ Mr. TENNANTIt has been found necessary to suspend the ordinary reliefs while a state of war exists. No report has been received from the General Officer Commanding that the condition of the garrison is unsatisfactory. I am obviously not in a position to give any pledge on this matter, but any representation from the station will of course receive every consideration.