§ MAJOR ANSTRUTHER-GRAY (St. Andrews Burghs)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether any proportion of the Special Reserve will be trained to the thorough use and manipulation of machine guns; and what that proportion will be.
§ MR. ACLANDYes, Sir. In each battalion of the Special Reserve a detachment consisting of one officer, two non-commissioned officers, and seventeen privates will be trained in the use of machine guns.