§ Major NEWTONasked the Secretary of State for War (1) what number of troops have on the average been stationed at Wyvenhoe during the past two years; why the erection of hutments was not proceeded with earlier; whether it is the intention now to erect the necessary hutments to accommodate the number of men likely to require accommodation in the future; and (2) whether he is aware that the managers of the Wyvenhoe schools have been compelled to refuse admittance to the troops on account of their verminous condition; whether he is aware that such condition is due to the overcrowding and other conditions during the months spent under canvas, and, seeing that, in spite of their condition, between 700 and 800 men are now being billeted in the parish of Wyvenhoe, in which parish there is room for not more than 400; and will he say what steps are being taken to prevent the outbreak of disease among the parishioners of Wyvenhoe from this condition of overcrowding?
§ Mr. FORSTERInquiries are being made on the points raised by these two questions.