ARMY REDUCTIONS.

HC Deb 13 April 1921 vol 140 cc1077-8

7. Sir C. YATE

asked the Secretary of State for India if he will give a list of the cavalry regiments and infantry battalions that were reduced prior to his undertaking that no further reductions should take place; and whether all further dismissals of men have been put a stop to?

Mr. MONTAGU

I hope my hon. and gallant Friend will allow me to circulate the answer in the OFFICIAL REPOET.

The following is the answer:

The following are the units which the Government of India report as having been disbanded up to 24th February of this year:

Indian Cavalry:

• 43rd Cavalry.
• 44th Cavalry.
• 45th Cavalry.

Additional Squadrons of—

• 35th Scinde Horse.
• 26th Light Cavalry.
• 7th Hariana Lancers.
• 39th (K.G.O.) C.I.H.

Indian Infantry and Pioneers:

• 2/40th Infantry.
• 2/44th Merwara Infantry.
• 2/86th Carnatic Infantry.
• I/144th Infantry.
• 2/57th Wilde's Rifles.
• 3/103rd Mahratta Light Infantry.
• 2/131st Infantry.
• 1/133rd Infantry.
• 3/2nd Rajputs.
• 2/63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry.
• 2/99th Deccan Infantry.
• 2/28th Punjabis.
• 1/141st Punjabis.
• 1/142nd Punjabis.
• 3/30th Punjabis.
• 3/32nd Sikh Pioneers.
• 1/143rd Infantry.
• 4/30th Punjabis.
• 2/8th Rajputs.
• 1/131st United Provinces Regiment.
• 3/154th Infantry.
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• 2/5th Light Infantry.
• 1/140th Infantry.
• 1/156th Infantry.
• 1/154th Infantry.
• 2/llth Rajputs.
• 2/130th Baluchistan Infantry.
• 2/153rd Punjabis.
• 85th Burman Rifles.
• 2/48th Pioneers.
• 2/43rd Erinpura Regiment.
• 2/151st Infantry.
• 1/152nd Infantry.
• 1/155th Infantry.
• 2/88th Carnatic Infantry.
• 3/3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles.
• 4/11th Gurkha Rifles.
• 2/155th Pioneers.
• 3/2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles.
• 49th Bengalis.
• 2/3rd Gaur Brahmins.
• 2/18th Infantry.
• 2/lst Brahmans.
• 3/150th Infantry.
• 2/75th Carnatic Infantry.
• 2/94th Russell's Infantry.
• 2/34th Sikh Pioneers.
• 2/80th Carnatic Infantry.
• 2/101st Grenadiers.
• 3/6th Gurkha Rifles.
• 2/95th Russell's Infantry.
• 2/81st Pioneers.

8. Sir C. YATE

asked the Secretary of State for India whether the battalions of the Machine Gun Corps now in India have been disbanded; and, if not, whether, considering the state of agitation and unrest now prevalent in India, the unsettled state of the frontier tribes and the uncertainty regarding Afghanistan, he will postpone their disbandment till more settled times?

Mr. MONTAGU

The battalions of the Machine Gun Corps in India have ceased to exist. The organisation of cavalry and infantry units in India, as at home, now includes machine gun troops and platoons.