§ MR. ARNOLD-FORSTER (Croydon)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether in view of the fact that the Indian Army is unprovided with horse or field artillery other than mountain batteries, it is contemplated, in the event of war, that the Indian Army should take the field without horse or field artillery; and, if not, what is the number of regular batteries which will be required, and from what source they will be provided.
(Answered by Mr. Hobhouse.) Except in expeditions of very small importance the Indian Army never takes the field without Britishtroops. The Secretary of State has already informed the House that there are eleven batteries of horse artillery and forty-five batteries of field ' artillery now in India.