§ Resolutions reported,
§ 1. "That 450,000 Officers, Seamen, and Boys, Coastguard, and Royal Marines be employed for the Sea and Coastguard Services for the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1919."
§ 2." That a sum, not exceeding £1,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Wages, etc., to Officers, Seamen, and Boys, Coastguard, and Royal Marines, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1919."
§ Resolutions agreed to.
§ Ordered, That the Resolution which upon the 26th day of February last was reported from the Committee of Supply, and which was then agreed to by the House, be now read:
§ "That a number of Land Forces (including Air Force), not exceeding 5,000,000, all ranks, be maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland at Home and Abroad, excluding His Majesty's Indian Possessions, during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1919."
§ Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide, during Twelve Months, for the Discipline and Regulation of the 73 Army; and that Mr. Macpherson, Sir Eric Geddes, Dr. Macnamara, Mr. Forster, and Major Baird do prepare and bring it in.
§ ARMY (ANNUAL) BILL, —" to provide, during Twelve Months, for the Discipline and Regulation of the Amy," presented accordingly, and read the first time; to be read a second time, upon Monday next, and to be printed. [Bill 6.]