§ SIR EDGAR VINCENT (Exeter)To ask the Secretary of State for War if he can state the approximate average, annual cost of an infantry soldier of the line, a cavalry soldier, a militia man, an Imperial yeoman, and a volunteer.
386 (Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) The average annual cost of a private of each of the arms mentioned is approximately as follows:—Infantry of the Line, £52 6s. 4d.; Cavalry of Line, £58 16s. 9d.; Militia (Infantry) £18 12s. 6d.; Imperial Yeomanry, £19 13s. 6d.; Volunteers, £6 0s. 0d. The cost of infantry and cavalry respectively after 1st April, 1904, when the increased pay takes effect, will be £59 6s. 1d. and £65 16s. 6d.