§ MR. ASHLEYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War what will be the resulting cost to the State of the proposed messing allowance to men of the Territorial Force if the whole force should go into camp for fifteen days annually, as compared with the sum estimated for in Army Paper [Cd. 3296].
§ MR. HALDANEIf the whole force given in Paper Cd. 3296 were to go into Camp for 15 days, the excess cost would be about £170,000 a year.
§ MR. LEE (Hants, Fareham)Does not the right hon. Gentleman anticipate that the Territorial Army will go into camp for more than the minimum period?
§ MR. HALDANEI do not estimate anything of the sort. £170,000 is the excess cost if the men go into camp for the fifteen days.