§ 17. Mr. GILBERTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Railway Executive Committee has allowed special railway fares to all men in uniform who are proceeding to Bisley for the National Ritle Meeting; if such fares are a double journey for a single fare; and whether he is prepared to consider the same special fares for other organisations in the country?
§ Sir A. GEDDESI understand that the facts are as stated in the first part of the hon. Members question, and that the arrangements for competitors in uniform who are serving soldiers were made by the War Office. I presume that if in similar cases application were made to the War Office for the same concession, that Department would be willing to consider the matter.
§ Mr. BILLINGDoes he not consider it wiser to extend these facilities to children to get their summer holidays rather than to men who are practising for the next war?
§ Sir A. GEDDESThere is a very different scale between the comparatively few competitors travelling in uniform to Bisley who are serving soldiers and all the children of the country.