§ 5. Commander WEDGWOODasked the Secretary of State for India whether the resources of the figthing races of India, coloured, white, and Anglo-Indian, from the voluntary recruiting point of view, have been exhausted; and, if so, whether he will suggest to the Indian Government the possibility of compulsion?
§ Mr. CHAMBERLAINI am in communication with the Viceroy as to the possibility of further developing the military resources of India under the voluntary system. I can make no further statement at present.
§ Commander WEDGWOODWill my right hon. Friend remember in this connection the possibility of employing native officers in Indian regiments more largely than at present?
§ Mr. CHAMBERLAINI hope I am bearing in mind every relevant consideration.
§ Sir JOHN JARDINEIs it a fact that a levy of natives of Burmah has been raised and dispatched?
§ Mr. CHAMBERLAINI should like to have notice of a question of that kind. I think the raising of a pioneer company is in contemplation or actually in execution, but I do not think there has been anything like the raising of a levy or regiment.