§ MAJOR ANSTRUTHER-GRAY (St. Andrews Burghs)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the actuarial calculations, showing the total of the Army Reserve under normal conditions as 115,000 men, were based upon the same data as the calculations furnished to the House in July, 1906, in which it appeared that the total calculated Reserve for the infantry of the line was 62,900; and what reason is there to suppose that, after the abolition 25 of another battalion of the Guards, the reduction of the Royal Artillery, and the substitution for that arm of a six years term of service, the Reserve of the Army other than that of the infantry of the line will reach 52,100 men.
§ MR. HALDANEThe statement which I propose to lay upon the Table will fully explain the mode of calculating the normal figures for the Army Reserve. I think the hon. and gallant Member will find all the information he desires in this statement.