§ SIR RICHARD TEMPLE (Worcester, Evesham)asked the Secretary of State 1037 for War, When his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief made his demand for 11,000 men to be added to the Army; and, what action was taken upon it by him?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)This matter was made perfectly plain in the evidence given by His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief before the Select Committee. No demand whatever for an addition of 11,000 men to the Army has ever been submitted to me.