§ MR. COURTENAY WARNER (Staffordshire, Lichfield)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state the total number of officers, of warrant officers and sergeants, of other non-commissioned officers, and of privates respectively serving at the sixty smaller line depots, including militia, on some fixed date this year; also the total numbers of the establishment of these depots, including militia, of officers, of warrant officers and sergeants, of other 1451 non-commissioned officers, and of privates respectively.
LORD STANLEYNo, Sir. I cannot undertake to throw upon the Department concerned the labour of preparing the information required.