§ MR. LAWSON (St. Pancras, W.)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether 20 horses have been taken from all Cavalry Regiments in the First Army Corps in order to make up the number required for the Ammunition Column; and, if so, how the deficiency will be made up?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)No Cavalry regiment has had its horses reduced in order to provide horses for the Ammunition Column. It is true that six Cavalry regiments which, in 1886-7, had 400 horses, have, in the present Estimates, only 380. The Cavalry, however, does not lose these 120 horses, as 80 of them have been added to the establishment of a seventh regiment, and 40 to that of the Cavalry Depot, Canterbury.