Colonel FABERasked the Undersecretary of State for War whether a large party of gunners, lately discharged from hospital, left Salonika for India on board the ship "Sallust," which had no accommodation for troops and had lately been used for the transport for mules; and, if so, whether the ship had been cleaned?
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§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe "Sallust" carried troops from Salonica to Port Said in October, 1917. Only healthy men were embarked, and the only complaint made by the officer commanding troops was that the cooking apparatus was inadequate. This is explained by the fact that the vessel was only used for carrying troops in an emergency. There is no ground for the allegation that the vessel had lately been carrying mules; her previous cargo was grain, and the officer commanding troops entered on the usual Voyage Report that the ship was in a clean condition.