§ MR. BELL (Derby)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he can give the number of widows and orphans of officers and men who have been killed in action, died of wounds or disease, or invalided home, and who have since died, from the commencement of the war in South Africa up to the present date.
LORD STANLEYThe numbers approximately are as follows:—Officers: 145 widows, 216 children; Men: 3,138 widows, 4,300 children.