Major MORRISON-BELLasked the Secretary of State for War whether he has received an application from the Devonshire branch of the British Red Cross Society for a supply of Army forms relating to hospitals, cooking, rations, etc., whether those forms have been refused; and if so, will he say whether there is any reason why they should not be supplied to those detachments who are sufficiently keen to wish to familiarise themselves with those forms in order to render themselves more efficient should their services ever be called upon in time of war?
§ Colonel SEELYAn application was received from the county of Devon for these forms but was refused on the ground that it was considered unnecessary that voluntary aid detachments should occupy their time in preparing Army forms and books which they would not be required to fill in in time of war. The subject, however, is again under consideration.