§ 26. Mr. JOYNSON-HICKSasked what is the exact present composition in effective machines and in personnel of the one airship squadron and three aeroplane squadrons which are now ready to take the field?
§ Colonel SEELYThe mobilisation arrangements of the Royal Flying Corps are subject to constant revision as more men and machines become available, and it would therefore be inexpedient to state our resources for war at any particular moment.
§ Mr. JOYNSON-HICKSIf particular squadrons are ready to take the field now, does not the right hon. Gentleman know the number of aeroplanes and men there are now?
§ Colonel SEELYI did not say ready to take the field, and I do not think it is desirable to state—no other country does so—what are our precise arrangements at the present time.