§ MR. CHARLES HOBHOUSE (Bristol, E.)To ask the Secretary of State for War what were the numbers of recruits enlisted in each of the three months of April, May, and June for the years 1897–8, 1902–3, 1903–4, 1904–5 respectively; and what were the normal Army establishments of each of these years.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) The numbers were as follows, excluding colonial corps:—
† See (4) Debates, cxlii., 18.