§ Mr. HURDasked the Secretary of State for War whether he has received from soldiers serving in the Rhine Army representations similar to those of which Members of Parliament are frequently in receipt, to the effect that it costs a man all his bonus to buy extra food; and what steps he will devise to bring about a more satisfactory state of affairs?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI would refer my hon. Friend to the written reply given to a similar question put by the hon. and gallant Member for South-West Hull on the 3rd April. The troops in the Army of the Rhine are supplied with rations on the same scale as that which was in force during the War, and which has the concurrence of the medical authorities as regards the sufficiency of feeding value. Any extras which the individual soldier desires to obtain can be procured at reasonable prices from the Expeditionary Force Canteen.
If my hon. Friend will let me have specific details of the complaints to which he refers, I will have further inquiry made, but at present I am not aware of any shortage of supplies.