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I understand that the Government has been convinced of the

soundness of the proposal for a system of camps as a partial solution of the problem of war-time billeting, and that an announcement on the subject may be expected immediately. The immediate programme is not likely to be extensive, for it is intended that the first camps to be con- structed shall be designed to serve peace-time as well as possible war-time purposes—e.g., as holiday homes to meet the needs of the now vast holidays-with-pay brigade. That will determine to some extent their location and the form of construction. But the main thing is that an incontestably sound idea should secure official recognition.