§ MR. JEFFREYS (Hampshire, N.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War if he can now state when the General commanding the troops at Aldershot was appointed, and whether this general officer, who entered the Army in the year 1850, has been able to transact any business or be present at any field days lately at Aldershot; and if he will give the number of troops now stationed at Aldershot.
† See debate commencing at page 480 of this volume.
§ *MR. WYNDHAMThis officer was appointed on the 15th December, 1899, to command the Aldershot district. On the 22nd May he proceeded on sick leave, but he expects shortly to return to Aldershot. The number of troops stationed there is 29,400.
§ MR. JEFFREYSIs the same staff which had been considered sufficient for a division of 15,000 men now considered sufficient for 29,000?
§ *MR. WYNDHAMThat question hardly arises out of my answer. We have a sufficient staff. As my hon. friend knows, a great number of our general officers are in South Africa.