§ Major H. TERRELLasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether the erection of a large new ordnance depot has been commenced some miles from Havre and how much has been expended on it up to date; whether all the principal ordnance officers at Havre had advised against the erection of such depot; whether the erection of such depot has now been stopped; and, had such depot been completed and put in use, would it have necessitated the double handling of all the tonnage coming to the ordnance depot at Havre?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONAn inland depot has been contemplated some miles from Havre, and so far nothing more than a survey of the site has been carried out, and the scheme has now been abandoned. It is not the case that principal ordnance officers have advised against the erection of such a depot. The establishment of such a depot has been considered, under pressure from the French authorities, with a view to clearing the hangars at the docks for their usual use, which is, as in the case of all storage accommodation, situated in docks at home and abroad, to receive stores exship, in transit for installations in the interior.