§ 29. Mr. BROOKESasked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to the difficulty of carrying on many of the private hospitals for wounded soldiers owing to the inability of those providing them to obtain the necessary supplies of petrol?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe attention of the War Office has been called to a few instances where inability to obtain necessary supplies of petrol have been alleged, and the hospitals concerned have been informed how to obtain their requirements. The proper course is for hospitals to bring their difficulties in this matter to the notice of the General Officers Commanding-in-Chief of the Commands. It would save time if hospitals would communicate direct with the commands with whom the decision rests.