§ COLONEL BAIN (Cumberland, Egremont)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether the numbers recently officially stated of the Militia who served abroad during the war in South Africa (51,488) included the Militia Reserve who were drafted from their own units to serve in their Line battalions; and what number of reserves were so drafted from their own units.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) The number quoted includes those Militia Reservists who were held to serve with their own Militia units in South Africa. In addition to this number 13,000 Militia Reservists proceeded to South Africa and joined Line units.