COLONEL WELBYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state how many of the 9,022 troop horses on the establishments of Household and Line Cavalry at home were six years old and upwards on 1st January, or at the last convenient date on which returns of age were rendered.
§ MR. BRODRICKThe figures 9,022 include regiments abroad other than in India. The number of horses on the strength at home on 1st March was 6,207, of which 5,008 were six years of age and upwards.