§ 22. Colonel YATEasked the Secretary of State for War how the number of 2,549 men, who were enlisted in Ireland during the past year, compares with the figures of the previous ten years; whether he can give the figures for the years 1871–81 and 1881–91; and, if there has been a decrease in the number of men enlisting annually in Ireland during these years, to what cause that decrease is attributed?
§ Colonel SEELYThe yearly averages for the periods required are as follows:—
These figures appear to follow the alteration in the population of those of military age.
1871–1880 2,936 1881–1890 3,363 1891–1900 3,625 1901–1st Oct., 1910 3,245