§ 88. Mr. HANCOCKasked the Secretary of State for War whether soldiers returning from the Army of Occupation on the Rhine complain seriously about the messing arrangements, especially in the districts outside Cologne, affirming these to be worse now than at any stage of the campaign, and declaring that whilst there is waste going on in France our men in the bridge-head regions are restricted to few kinds and small quantities of food; and will he have the matter inquired into?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to a similar question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Frome on Wednesday last. I am sending my hon. Friend a copy of the reply referred to. I am not aware of the serious complaints to which he alludes, but I understand that four complaints from soldiers have been received through their friends at home, and these are now being carefully investigated. Every effort is made to prevent waste whether in France or elsewhere.