HC Deb 20 March 1905 vol 143 c423

Address for "Return comprising the particulars, as follows:—

  1. (1) What number of British Troops, and of what arms, were taken from the Indian Garrison in September and October, 1899, and sent on service in South Africa.
  2. (2) How many subsequently, and what number were there at the close of the war.
  3. (3) How many and what classes of Troops were sent from India to China to assist in putting down the Boxer rising, rescuing members of the European Legations, and recovering their buildings at Pekin.
  4. (4) The numbers of British and Indian Troops detached from the Indian Garrison for service in Somaliland and East Africa.
  5. (5) What was the amount saved to the Military Expenditure of the Indian Government by the loan of these Troops and the Indian Commissariat Services for purposes of the Home Government in the several years of those transfers; also in the aggregate."—(Sir Walter Foster.)