§ COLONEL BARTTELOTasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether the report is correct that in the sub-recruiting district of which Carlisle is the head quarters only one man of the Army Reserve men, out of two hundred, reported himself, to secure the 4d. a-day; and, if this is correct with regard to the Carlisle district, whether he will state to the House the exact number in all the other districts that have presented themselves?
§ MR. CARDWELLCertainly, Sir, the report is by no means correct. The number of First Class Army Reserve men enrolled at Carlisle was 31, and the exceptional individual was not the man who presented himself, but the man who was absent. With regard to the whole force, the First Class Reserve contained on the 31st of December last, 7,165 members; and on the following day, the quarterly day for payment, all but 441 presented themselves for payment.