§ SIR. C. HILL (Shrewsbury)To ask the Secretary of State for War, whether he will lay upon the Table a Return showing the number of men in the Regular Army who have been transferred to the Reserve, or discharged since the 31st of March, 1905, and the number of those men for whom civil employment has been found under Government, by the various societies established for the purpose of finding employment for discharged soldiers, or by their own private endeavours; and further how many soldiers discharged since the above date are supported by the rates.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.)The information on this subject for the year ended 30th September, 1905, will be found in the Annual Report of the Director of Recruiting recently presented to the House. There are no figures available to give a Return up to the present date. As regards the last part of the Question the information could only be obtained by a special Return called for from each county, the details of which would be difficult to secure accurately.