Colonel FABERasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he has any information showing that troopships conveying wounded Canadians across the Atlantic were filthy with vermin and that men who had tickets entitling them to cabin berths and exemption from duty lay at the bottom of the ship on the sometimes wet floors; and, if so, whether it is possible to have better supervision of troopships?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAWe have no information as to these allegations. No complaints have been received from the officer commanding troops on board. There is no reason to think that the supervision of troopships is other than adequate, but if my hon. and gallant Friend will tell me to what ships the allegations refer, the matter shall certainly be inquired into.