§ MR. PIRIE (Aberdeen, N.)To ask the Secretary of State for War, with reference to the Volunteer battalions who were trained in the Field Army for a fortnight during the season 1903, can he state what proportion of the Volunteers, exclusive of officers and non-commissioned officers, were respectively recruits, trained men returned efficient once, and trained men returned efficient more than once.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster). The statistics available do not show the exact figures required by the hon. Member's Question, but the attached table, showing the number of enrolled members (including officers and non-commissioned officers) in their first, second, and later years of service of those battalions which formed part of the Field Army during the training period of 1903 and trained for a fortnight, will give 15 information of a kindred nature which it is hoped will be sufficient—
| 1st Year. | 2nd Year. | 3rd and subsequent years. | Total. | |
| Southern District— | ||||
| 1st V.B. Hampshire Regiment | 319 | 204 | 984 | 1,507 |
| Home District— | ||||
| 12th Middlesex V.R.C. | 91 | 61 | 663 | 815 |
| 16th Middlesex V.R.C. | 88 | 68 | 778 | 934 |
| 2nd London V.R.C. | 146 | 125 | 761 | 1,032 |
| 2nd V.B. Middlesex Regiment | 120 | 35 | 634 | 789 |
| 1st V.B. Royal Fusiliers | 131 | 143 | 717 | 991 |
| 3rd V.B. Royal Fusiliers | 89 | 111 | 701 | 901 |
| 4th V.B. Royal West Surrey Regiment | 258 | 76 | 737 | 1,071 |
| North-Western District— | ||||
| 1st V.B. Manchester Regiment | 186 | 127 | 833 | 1,146 |
| 2nd V.B. Manchester Regiment | 206 | 241 | 907 | 1,354 |
| 4th V.B. Manchester Regiment | 204 | 151 | 967 | 1,322 |
| 5th V.B. Manchester Regiment | 105 | 121 | 677 | 903 |
| 1st V.B. South Lancashire Regiment | 254 | 153 | 576 | 983 |
| 2nd V.B. Cheshire Regiment | 203 | 191 | 612 | 1,006 |
| 1st V.B. Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 310 | 226 | 709 | 1,245 |
| 1st Hereford V.R.C. | 301 | 127 | 695 | 1,123 |
| Scottish District— | ||||
| Queen's Rifle Volunteer Brigade* | 386 | 301 | 1,474 | 2,161 |
| 4th V.B. Royal Scots | 259 | 97 | 552 | 908 |
| 5th V.B. Royal Scots | 177 | 140 | 836 | 1,153 |
| 1st Roxburgh and Selkirk V.R.C. | 140 | 166 | 616 | 922 |
| 1st V.B. Highland Light Infantry. | 161 | 105 | 799 | 1,065 |
| 3rd V.B. Highland Light Infantry. | 193 | 78 | 754 | 1,025 |
| 1st V.B. Gordon Highlanders. | 302 | 80 | 554 | 936 |
| 1st V.B. Royal Highlanders. | 173 | 209 | 527 | 909 |
| 9th V.B. Royal Scots | 121 | 88 | 507 | 716 |
| 2nd V.B. Royal Scots Fusiliers | 201 | 106 | 534 | 841 |