§ MR. PIRIE (Aberdeen, N.)To ask the Secretary of State for War, with reference to the Parliamentary Return of twenty-one officers of the Regular Army compulsorily retired or dismissed the Service during 1900 to 1902, can he state the number dismissed by sentence of Court-martial, and also the number who have been brought to resign under the pressure that if they did not voluntarily send in their papers their services would be dispensed with; and the number of those who have asked for inquiry or Court-martial and have been refused; what are the numbers of 1095 officers placed on half-pay; and can he also give, where applicable, same details for Militia and Volunteers.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) The statistics are as follows:—Regular forces—Officers dismissed by sentence of Court-martial, 9; officers who resigned under pressure, 81; officers who asked for inquiry or Court martial and were refused, 2; officers placed on half-pay, 9. Militia and Volunteers—Officers removed, or whose services have been dispensed with, Militia, 26, Volunteers, 15; officers dismissed by sentence of Court-martial, Militia, 6, Volunteers, 2; officers who resigned under pressure, Militia, 38, Volunteers, 33; officers who applied for Court-martial and were refused, Militia, 0, Volunteers 1; Reserve of officers—Dismissed by sentence of Court-martial, Militia, 0, Volunteers, 2.