HC Deb 03 March 1904 vol 131 cc52-3
MR. LAMBERT

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state what is the size of the force intended by the new Army scheme to be kept ready for expeditionary purposes abroad without calling out Reserves.

MR. ARNOLD-FORSTER

No new scheme for the Army has been put forward; consequently no change has been † See (4) Debates, cxxix., 335. made in the existing arrangements for the despatch of an expeditionary force.