§ * MR. MCCRAE (Edinburgh, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he can state the number of Volunteers, officers, non-commissioned officers, and men, respectively, who attended camp for fourteen days training with the Field Army Brigades for each of the last three years.
§ MR. HALDANEThe numbers are as follows:—
Officers. N.C.O's and Men. 1904 547 19,594 1905 571 19,166 1906 590 19,747
§ * MR. McCRAEHaving regard to the importance of these figures, cannot the right hon. Gentleman devise some means of giving the fourteen days training next year?
§ MR. HALDANEreplied that he had considered the matter from all points of view.