Excerpt from War Contract Scandals as Investigated by the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Commons, Ottawa, 1915: Also the Purchase of Boots as Investigated by the Special "Boot Committee" Appointed by the House of Commons, Ottawa, 1915Premier Borden answered, asking for specific instances. Very rightly the Manufacturers' Association replied You are the Government, it is your duty to investigate. The Premier asked again for specific cases which were supplied and referred to the Militia Department. Of course the Department said they were not true.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.