§ SIR HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)To ask the Secretary of State for War how many resignations of officers and of non-commissioned officers and privates have been received from the Volunteer Force between October 1st, 1904, to December 31st, 1904; and how the numbers compare with those in the same period of the preceding year; and how many officers were appointed and how many recruits joined within the same time in each of the two years.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) The figures are as follow:—