§ 21. Mr. C. BATHURSTasked how many additional light draft horses will be required for the Royal Artillery in the event of the Expeditionary Force being sent abroad; and how many of these are likely to be forthcoming as the result of the voluntary registration scheme recently-inaugurated.
§ Colonel SEELYAs I informed the hon-and gallant Gentleman the Member for Bodmin on the 10th of last month, it is not considered expedient to publish statistics regarding mobilisation arrangements.
§ Mr. C. BATHURSTIs the right hon. Gentleman satisfied, in view of the displacement of horses by motor traction, that he will have sufficient horses of the right kind for draft artillery purposes?
§ Colonel SEELYYes, I am satisfied we shall have a sufficient number of horses to mobilise the Artillery. We made great advances in this respect in the last year, but, of course, more requires to be done in this and other countries.