A WINTER PROBLEM
ACCOMMODATION OF THE
ARMY IN BRITAIN
LONDON, December 1
The War Office revealed the heavy burden the public are being asked to bear in providing winter quarters for the largest Army ever stationed in Britain. The Army is hundreds of thousands greater than was expected as a result of the evacuation from France.
The existing barracks accommodals 250,000 and 200,000 other men can be accommodated in new hutted camps. The remainder, totalling about 1,000,000, must be lodged in requisitioned buildings and billets.
The problem can be solved easily during the summer, as many troops are under canvas, but 500,000 must be transferred from tents to winter quarters and yet be immediately ready for action.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 134, 3 December 1940, Page 7
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117A WINTER PROBLEM Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 134, 3 December 1940, Page 7
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