§ MR. PIRIEI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he will state the number of officers of Imperial 1179 Yeomanry who have been given commissions as captains on probation in cavalry regiments since the commencement of the war, and to what regiments such officers have been appointed; and whether he will state the number of subalterns of cavalry with at present four and five years regular Army service respectively.
LORD STANLEYSeven officers, late of the imperial Yeomanry, South Africa, and one from Roberts' Horse, have been granted commissions as captains on probation in the following cavalry regiments:—3rd and 6th Dragoon Guards; 3rd, 4th, 8th, and 14th Hussars; 6th Dragoons; and 21st Lancers. There are 34 subalterns of cavalry with four years service, 23 with five years service, and 36 with six years service.