§ Mr. BROOKESasked the Secretary of State for War whether the official pattern trench stretcher can be used in narrow trenches under twenty-six inches wide; and whether the authorities have considered the possibility of obtaining a new-type of stretcher with which the handling of the wounded under these circumstances could be more expeditious and efficacious?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe Army Council have no information to show that the official trench stretcher does not meet requirements. It is twenty inches in width.