HC Deb 18 May 1908 vol 188 cc1638-9
MR. ARNOLD-FORSTER

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War how many of the 1,406 men who have joined the Special Reserve of the Artillery and of the 10,830 men who have joined the Special Reserve of the Infantry are men who have transfered from the Militia in consideration of the receipt of a bounty; and how many are new enlistments.

MR. HALDANE

In the case of the Artillery 380 were transferred from the Militia, 1,010 were recruits, and 15 reenlisted men. In the case of the Infantry 4,875 were transferred from the Militia, 5,844 were recruits, and 111 re-enlisted men.