HC Deb 25 March 1919 vol 114 cc194-5
12. Sir ARTHUR FELL

asked the Secretary of State for War when the Forage Department of the War Office is to be closed down and when the men of the Royal Army Service Corps attached to the Forage Department are to be demobilised; and if he is aware that practically none of these men have been discharged up to the present time?

Mr. CHURCHILL

I am informed that the Forage Department is being demobilised as rapidly as the lifting of the remainder of the hay purchased and required by the Army can be completed. One thousand seven hundred and thirty-five men have been demobilised, and 3,325 men and women of the Forage Department Corps have been discharged.

Sir A. FELL

Can something be done with regard to hayricks which have W D put on them and which have not been paid for by the Department?

Mr. CHURCHILL

I should like to have notice of that question.

An HON. MEMBER

Will there not be an increased supply from France this year?

Mr. CHURCHILL

I do not think I should have a question of that sort put without notice.