§ Sir B. FALLEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether the general messing system in the Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth, embraces all messes; whether some messes are victualled on the general messing system whilst other messes are not; and whether it is intended to maintain the general messing system on a voluntary basis?
§ Mr. AMMONThe answer to the first part of the question is no, Sir; to the second part, yes—in the case of chief petty officers' and petty officers' messes only; and to the third part, only so far as chief petty officers' and petty officers' messes are concerned.