§ 41. Sir WILLIAM BULLasked the Under-Secretary of State for War what was the estimate in the last edition of the Handbook of the German Army, published before the War, of the total available trained and untrained men in each category, respectively, of the German Army?
§ Mr. TENNANTThe estimate in the last edition of the Handbook of the German Army, published in 1912, of the total available trained and untrained men of the German Army, excluding officers and officials, was as follows:—
Trained Rank and File, including Reserve and Landwehr 3,302,000 Trained Landsturm 623,000 One-year Volunteers 85,000 Non-Commissioned Officers of peace establishment 92,000 Total trained 4,102,000 Partially-trained Ersatz Reserve 113,000 Untrained Ersatz Reserve and Landsturm 5,683,000 Grand total 9,898,000
§ 42. Sir WILLIAM BULLasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether the Handbook of the German Army is now only circulated for official use; and, if so, seeing that it was formerly on sale to the public, whether he will arrange for it to be again placed on sale to the public?
§ Mr. TENNANTThe Handbook of the German Army, like similar handbooks of other foreign armies, is now only circulated for official use, and it is not considered desirable that any of these handbooks should be placed on sale to the public.