90. Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTTasked whether any contracts and, if so, how many, for the feeding of large bodies of troops in this country have been entered into with contractors without the opportunity of competition being provided; and, if so, why this has been done?
Mr. BAKERNumerous contracts for the feeding of troops have been made by the headquarters of commands and by committees which have raised local battalions. I fear that to obtain from them the information for which my hon. Friend asks would entail the preparation of an elaborate return. I hope that he may therefore not press for it.