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Ordered, that the Resolution which, upon the 15th day of February, was reported from the Committee of Supply, and which was then agreed to by the House, be now read:—
That a number of Land Forces, not exceeding 158,774, all ranks, be maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland at Home and Abroad, excluding Her Majesty's Indian Possessions, during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1898.
Ordered, that leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide, during twelve months, for the Discipline and Regulation of the Army; and that Mr. Brodrick and Mr. Powell-Williams do prepare and bring it in; presented, and Bead the First time; to be Read a Second time upon Thursday, and to be printed.—[Bill 161.]