§ 68. Mr. ANDERSONasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to the case of a corporal in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry who, on being charged at West Ham Court with being drunk and discharging a service rifle, was proved to have brought back with him 155 rounds of ammunition during five days' leave from the front; whether it is a common thing for soldiers returning to Canning Town to bring quantities of ammunition with them; whether it is with the knowledge and consent of the War Office that such quantities of ammunition are brought home by individual soldiers; and whether he has considered the objections to this practice?
§ Mr. TENNANTNo information as to this case has reached the War Office, but orders have already been issued by the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief that no ammunition is to be brought to this country by soldiers returning on leave or otherwise.