§ * SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucestershire, Forest of Dean)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he can inform the House if it is intended that the money paid by the Army Council to county associations for the requirements of the Territorial Force shall cover the necessary equipment and maintenance of that force, or what interpretation is to be given to the words all other money received by an association.
§ MR. HALDANEIt is intended that the money paid by the Army Council to a county association, taken together with arms or other supplies in kind, shall be sufficient to cover the necessary equipment and maintenance of the Territorial Force in its area. The intention of the provision in the Bill relating to other money received by an association is 1055 simply to leave to the association a free hand in the disposal of any property (including money) it may receive from private sources, and not to relieve the Government from the obligation to maintain the Territorial Force in the county.