§ MR. BARTLEY (Islington, N.)I beg to ask the. Under Secretary of State for War how many guns manned and horsed there were in the Royal Artillery on 1st February in each of the years 1896, 1897, 1898," and 1899 respectively, that is, how the increase authorised by Parliament has been carried out?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. GEORGE WYNDHAM,) DoverIn the Royal Horse Artillery there were 116 guns manned and horsed on the 1st February of each of the years mentioned. In the Field Artillery there were 458 guns manned and horsed on the 1st February 1896 and 1897; to these a 6-gun battery was added by the 1st February 1898, and four 4-gun batteries by 1st February 1899, making a total of 480 gun's manned and horsed on the last-mentioned date, or an increase of 22 guns manned and horsed. By the end of this month there will be one more 4-gun battery, manned and horsed.