SOLDIERS IN BILLETS Sta,—I was somewhat concerned to read in
your issue of June 6th a story, quoted by a correspondent, about two American soldiers who were billeted on a woman living alone. It is, of course, possible that it might have happened in very exceptional circumstances, but I hope your corre- spondent will forgive me if I say that it seems unlikely. Billeting is a police responsibility, and there are very strict instructions issued to them that in no circumstances are troops, whatever their Colour, to be billeted on women living alone.
This does not,, of course, affect the point of the story and I draw attention to it merely in order to allay the fears of any women in a similar position who might be nervous of having the same thing happen to them, and to assure them that such procedure very emphatically does not have official approval.—Yours, &c., A POLICEMAN'S WIFE.
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