§ MR. ARNOLD-FORSTERI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he has now finally abandoned the intention expressed by him in July, 1906, to get rid of sixty-seven officers and 3,712 men of other ranks of the Royal Horse and Field Artillery, and whether it is still intended to reduce the Horse and Field Artillery by the 2,400 men scheduled for dismissal in the Army Estimates for this year.
§ MR. HALDANEThe policy of the Government in regard to this matter—a policy which has been frequently explained to the House—has not in any way changed
§ MR. ARNOLD-FORSTERWhich policy, the reduction of 3,712 men or of 2,400 men?
§ MR. HALDANEI think the hon. Gentleman must have forgotten the explanation I have given. We proposed first to raise eighteen batteries of Special 752 Reserve men, but later on, on the advice of the General Staff, we reduced the number to fifteen.