Mr. Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that many soldiers who have been in India for upwards of five years have received malarial preventive treatment by way of quinine, mepacrine, etc., and this, with climate effect and winged pests, has caused skin sores to develop which are incurable in India; and will he take steps to have such men transferred to a climate where malarial treatment is unnecessary.
§ Sir J. GriggYes, Sir. These problems are familiar to the Army medical authorities. Arrangements exist for treating these cases in India and also for transferring from India such men as become medically unfit to serve there. The arrangements for bringing home men who have been overseas for five years apply to India and most of these men have by now left for this country.