§ COLONEL A. C. EARLE WELBY (Taunton)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, with reference to his statement that certain bearer companies, field hospitals, and ammunition columns are from time to time mobilised for training, whether he can say what percentage of men and horses on these different occasions during the past three years were actually those that would have performed these duties had there been complete mobilisation, and what percentage of them were temporarily borrowed from other units forming parts of the three Army Corps for Home defence?
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. W. ST. JOHN BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordNo mobilisation such as my hon. and gallant Friend contemplates has been attempted, but the men and horses available are exercised in drawing from store and moving the equipment needed for an army taking the field, and considerable experience is thus obtained.