§ Mr. JOYNSON-HICKSasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether forty German officers are, or will be, interned in Margate College; if so, how many servants they are to have in attendance upon them; how much money has been spent on cork carpeting for the house; whether they have a dug-out in the garden lighted and heated by electricity; how many pianos have been provided from the local music stores; and whether these prisoners are allowed to walk out on the promenade?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONEighty officer prisoners of war and twenty-five of other ranks are interned at Margate. The latter are employed in the sanitary upkeep of the establishment and grounds, and as cooks, tailors, etc. No expense has been incurred on account of carpets or floor coverings of any kind, as none have been provided. There is no dug-out in the garden, and the prisoners of war are not permitted to walk on the promenade. The officers have made local arrangements for the hire of a piano.