§ MR. BUCHANAN (Edinburgh, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War what is the estimated annual cost of the Drill Instructors and Adjutants of 1406 the Volunteer Force, also of the Colonels commanding Regimental Districts in Great Britain and Ireland?
§ *MR. E. STANHOPEThe estimated annual cost, exclusive of non-effective charges, is as follows:—For Adjutants of the Volunteer Force, £108,700; and for the Drill Instructors of the same Force, £142,400; for the Colonels commanding Regimental Districts in Great Britain and Ireland, £35,900.