STRENGTH OF INFANTRY OF LINE.

HC Deb 11 February 1898 vol 53 c352

SIR C. DILKE

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War what was the strength of the Infantry of the Line on 1st January, 1898, as compared with the strength on 1st January, 1897?

MR. BRODRICK

The strength of the Infantry of the Line on the 1st January, 1898, was 131,815 as compared with 132,636 twelve months previously.