§ 20. Mr. BENNETT-GOLDNEYasked the Secretary of State for War what was the present deficiency of horses, according to the latest Returns available for 1913, in the Regular Army and the Territorial Force, respectively; and what was the number of horses and of motor vehicles which it is estimated will be required in the event of the mobilisation and dispatch of the Expeditionary Force overseas, and in the event of the mobilisation of the Army Reserve and of the Territorial Force?
§ Colonel SEELYOn the 28th February there was a deficiency of 209 horses on the Regular Establishment. The number of horses required on mobilisation amounts to 42,430 for the Expeditionary Force and 83,697 for the Territorial Force; and the number of motor vehicles required amounts to 1,260 and 531, respectively.