§ COLONEL SYKESasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether the cost of drilling a Cavalry recruit for ten months for home service to fill up vacancies in the Cavalry in England, and the cost of drilling for seven months of an Infantry recruit in England is the same as the charge upon the Revenues of India for recruits for the Cavalry and Infantry, namely £136 13s. 11d. for the Cavalry, and £63 8s. 5d. for an Infantry recruit sent to India?
§ MR. CARDWELLreplied that the cost of drilling for the Indian service was made up as follows:—For the cavalry the pay, clothing, forage and all charges for a recruit for 10 months was £58 5s. 9d.; the charge for the depôt troop, £44 4s. 8d.; and with one-third added for deaths, desertions, and men unfit to go to India, £34 3s. 6d., the items gave a total of £136 13s. 11d. For infantry the charge for pay, &c., per recruit was £30 9s. 4d.; company charges, £17 2s.; and the one-third, £15 17s. 1d., making £63 8s. 5d.