§ 76. Mr. JAMES HOPEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to complaints of shortage or rations, absence of beds, and lack of washing accommodation at Milford Camp, Surrey; and whether he has caused an inquiry to be made into the matter?
§ Mr. TENNANTAttention had not, previously to the hon. Member's question, been drawn, either at the War Office or at the command headquarters at Aldershot, to complaints on any of the heads mentioned. I have had inquiry made, and I find, as regards rations, that on 28th February the meat rations were late owing to a soldier's act of irregularity, in regard to which disciplinary action was taken, and that preserved meat was bought in place of the missing meat. The ablution rooms were complete when the troops arrived on 28th February, but one brigade reported a shortage of basins. This has been remedied. The suggestion that there was a shortage of beds does not appear to be well founded.