§ 80. Sir J. WALTONasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he will further consider the possibility of 824 dispensing with horses, for which there is no military necessity under present conditions of warfare, in order to reduce expenditure, to set free thousands of trained soldiers now employed in attending to the horses, and to set free the tonnage required to transport hay and oats for their sustenance?
§ Mr. FORSTERMy hon. Friend assumes that there are with the Army thousands of horses for which there is no military necessity. If that were the case, I can assure him that there would be no hesitation in dispensing with them, but, as at present advised, the military authorities do not share his view.