§ "That 131,100 men and boys be employed for the Sea and Coast Guard services for the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1905, including 20,656 Royal Marines."
§ Resolution [this day] from the Committee of Supply read—
§ "That a number of Land Forces, not exceeding 227,000, all ranks, be maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland at Home and Abroad, excluding His Majesty's Indian Possessions, during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1905."
§ Ordered, that leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide, during twelve months, for the discipline and regulation of the Army; and that Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster, Mr. Pretyman, and Mr. Bromley Davenport do prepare and bring it in.