§ Sir WILLIAM BULLasked the Secretary for War whether, within the last four months, the garrison in Egypt has been separately inspected by Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener, General Sir Ian Hamilton, and also by Generals Miles and Haddon, members of the Army Council; and, if so, whether he will state the cost to the Government incurred by the inspection by Sir Ian Hamilton and the members of the Army Council alluded to; and why, in view of the fact that Sir Ian Hamilton occupies the post of Inspector-General, supplementary inspections were considered necessary?
§ Mr. HALDANEThe only official inspection of the garrison was that of Sir Ian Hamilton as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief in the Mediterranean. The Quartermaster-General and the Master-General of Ordnance have proceeded to Egypt to settle various questions in connection with the new barracks and buildings in progress and local defences. Lord Kitchener's visit to Egypt was purely in his private capacity.