§ SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucester, Forest of Dean)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War what was the number of effectives of Field Artillery on 1st January of the present year, and what the increase, or the decrease, on the number of 14,064 non-commissioned officers and men shown as effective on 1st January, 1896?
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. W. ST. JOHN BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordThe effectives of the Field Artillery on the 1st January were 14,171, being 107 in excess of the number on the 1st January, 1896.