§ Mr. GRUNDYasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the men who are serving on the North-West Frontier of India make serious and specific charges with regard to the way in which the Afghan Campaign is being conducted;. whether it is alleged that there is a shortage of rations; bad water, a failure to, supply ice, lack of medical treatment, no, surgical appliances for the wounded, no, medical examination of men for frontier drafts, and the drafting of men indiscriminately irrespective of medical category; and whether he will state the total number. of troops engaged, British and Native, the number of sick casualties, the number of heat-stroke cases, the number of deaths and the name of the officer responsible for the medical arrangements?
§ Mr. MONTAGUWith one exception, these allegations are dealt with in the correspondence contained in the White Paper (Coned. 398) presented to Parliament yesterday and the preceding White Paper on the same subject. The exception is the complaint that men were drafted to the front without regard to their category. I will inquire on this point. The appointment of Director of Medical Services in India was held by Lieutenant-General Sir T. J. O'Donnell up to 7th June last, when he was succeeded by Lieutenant-General Sir C. H. Burtchaell.