§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI bog to ask the Under Secretary of State for War how many officers, non-commissioned officers, and men have been invalided from South Africa since the outbreak of the war; of these how many have died on the passage home, or in military hospitals, or in their own homes; and how many have been incapacitated from further service by wounds or disease.
§ * MR. WYNDHAM20,658 have been invalided home; of these 63 died on the passage and 60 in military hospitals. There is no record of any having died in their own homes. 430 have been incapacitated from further service by wounds and disease.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLCan you give roughly the proportion of officers?
§ * MR. WYNDHAMThe hon. Member did not ask for it, or I could have given it exactly.