§ Mr. GILLETTasked the Secretary of State for War whether any conclusion has been come to as to the desirability of obtaining supplies of oxygen gas required by the Army from the supplies manufactured at the Navy yards, instead of from contractors?
§ Captain KINGThe question of obtaining oxygen gas for Army establishments from Naval dockyards has been fully considered, but it has been found that this would cost considerably more than buying the gas direct from the trade, on account of the cost of carriage from the dockyard, where the gas is manufactured, to the Army establishments, where it would be stored.