§ SIR HENRY HAVELOCK-ALLAN (Durham, S.E.)asked the Secretary of State for War, If he feels himself in a position to state to the House what progress has been made with the field equipment of the Second Army Corps, as regards its transport, horses, ammunition, columns; also as to its auxiliary arms—such as Commissariat Staff Corps and Army Hospital Corps; whether the Army Medical Department is in a position to supply the necessary number of companies of Army Hospital Corps, equipped as field bearers, for the needs of the First and the Second Army Corps respectively; and, whether the supply of horses for the Second Corps has been sufficiently provided for.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)I have explained, in the Memorandum attached to the Estimates, that the equipment of the Second Army Corps for foreign service is not complete. For Home defence there would be hardly 1485 any difficulty in providing it, especially if the House grants us the powers which we are now seeking in the National Defence Bill. The Army Medical Department is in a position to supply the necessary bearers.