§ Major ENTWISTLEasked the Secretary of State for War if he will inquire into the accuracy of the statements made by a soldier in the 723rd Labour Corps, British Expeditionary Force, France, that while employed in the exhumation of bodies at Cleury, on the Somme, for a period of a fortnight, they had to camp without a ground sheet or a blanket; that they were unable to get a smoke or a paper or soap, and received no pay for a month, and that the food was unsatisfactory; and whether he will take disciplinary action if the above statements are correct?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLInquiry is being made, and I will inform my hon. and gallant Friend of the result in due course.