§ 7. Colonel YATEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether the supply of khaki serge is now sufficient to permit of the service jackets of the non-commissioned officers and men being made of the same length as the officers' jackets?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Mr. Tennant)The supply of khaki serge would be sufficient for the purpose stated, but there is no present intention of making the jackets of the non-commissioned officers and men the same length as the officers' pattern.
§ Colonel YATEIs it not possible that the much larger percentage of casualties among the officers than among the non-commissioned officers and men may be due to not making the coats of the men the same length as those of the officers?
§ Mr. TENNANTI should very much doubt whether in trench warfare that would be the case, but now that the hon. and gallant Gentleman has drawn my attention to this probability I will have it investigated.