HC Deb 28 July 1904 vol 138 c1456
MR. CHARLES HOBHOUSE (Bristol, E.)

To ask the Secretary of State for War what was the total number of infantry soldiers in Great Britain on 1st October, 1899, and of these how many were five years service and over, and how many over two years service and under five.

(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) The figures are as follows—