§ Sir DANIEL GODDARDasked the Secretary of State for India whether the troops in Mesopotamia are kept short of sugar and vegetables, while in Bombay there is abundance of these articles; and whether on at least one occasion the troops were six weeks without sugar?
§ Mr. FORSTERAccording to the last report received from Mesopotamia on the 6th instant, there was over thirty days' supply of sugar available at the front, while an oven larger quantity was in reserve at the base. Fresh vegetables are being issued regularly to the troops.