§ * SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucestershire, Forest of Dean)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he will state when the decision was taken to raise the numbers of the Chinese regiment to 1,514, when the decision was taken to disband the regiment, and why the House is now asked to vote 1,082 men for the regiment.
LORD STANLEYAuthority was given to recruit up to twelve companies on 23rd November, 1900. As to the disbandment, no final decision has as yet been made