§ Mr. PRINGLEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether any restriction is placed on the number and length of telegrams sent by military officers; whether he is aware that long messages are sometimes sent by telegraph between departments whose offices are only a few hundred yards apart; that large batches of messages are handed in after the offices of destination are closed for the night could be sent as rapidly by post, and that many officers conduct much of their official correspondence by telegraph; and whether the Army Council will impress upon all concerned the importance of reducing pressure on the depleted staff of the post office?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe importance of preventing the unnecessary use of the telegraph is fully realised and frequent 735W instructions have been issued to this end. Further instructions are about to be issued on the subject now.