HC Deb 30 July 1906 vol 162 c444
SIR CARNE RASCH (Essex, Chelmsford.)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he can state approximately the number of reservists connected with the battalions which he proposes to disband.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. HALDANE,) Haddington.

Reservists are not ear-marked as coming from and belonging to any one battalion of a regiment, but are available for the regiment as a whole. The number of reservists of the regiments concerned are as follows:—Northumberland Fusiliers 1,364, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1,534, Lancashire Fusiliers 1,449, Manchester Regiment 1,169.

SIR CARNE RASCH

Will all the reservists of the disbanded battalions be treated in the same way as of those not disbanded?

MR. HALDANE

Yes.