§ 68. Mr. DUNCAN MILLARasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that quantities of goods and materials manufactured for the War Office in Scotland and elsewhere throughout the United Kingdom are sent by rail to Woolwich for inspection by Government inspectors and returned again by rail to the district in which they are to be used and that cost and delay are thereby incurred; and whether he will arrange for the inspection of such goods and materials taking place in the localities where they are manufactured or where they are to be used?
§ Mr. FORSTERNo, Sir; stores ordered throughout the United Kingdom on War Office contracts for the use of the Army at home and abroad are being inspected at the manufacturers' works when such procedure is possible and expedient. Otherwise they are sent to Woowich. Stores purchased locally in Scotland and other military commands for the use of the troops in the command are not sent to Woolwich for inspection and return.