§ Sir REGINALD POLE-CAREWasked whether the transport and supply columns of the Territorial Force are mounted troops; if they are not mounted troops, what steps are taken to enable them to perform their duties efficiently; and, if they are mounted troops, why are they debarred from training for eighteen days excepting as a special concession by the general officer commanding, Territorial Division, to which they belong?
§ Colonel SEELYThe transport and supply columns of the Territorial Force are mounted troops, but it was decided after full consideration that the power under the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act to train the mounted branch for eighteen days should for the present be confined to the Yeomanry.