§ SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucestershire, Forest of Dean)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state what was the number of officers and men 330 of cavalry of the Line in the United Kingdom on the 1st January last; what was the number of horses on the establishment of cavalry of the Line in the United Kingdom; and the number of those estimated as fit for war service on the same date.
§ MR. HALDANEOn the 1st January, 1908, there were in the cavalry of the Line 327 officers and 8,521 men. There were on that date 6,445 horses on the establishment of the cavalry of the Line, of which 5,801 were fit for war service.