§ MR. PIRIEI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, with reference to the recent formation of the latest Volunteer Service Companies, if he can state the number of companies and of men asked for from England, Scotland, and Wales respectively, and the number of companies and of men which have up to the present time been obtained.
§ MR. BRODRICKUnder Army Order 29 of 1902, it is proposed to gradually relieve the Volunteers in South Africa by either whole companies or drafts. At present four whole companies and twenty-five drafts have been or are being raised, amounting to thirty-six officers and 1,460 men. No specific number was asked for.