HC Deb 19 December 1921 vol 149 c392
17. Viscount WOLMER

asked the Secretary of State for War the number of recruits needed to bring the Army up to strength?

The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Sir Laming Worthington-Evans)

On 1st December the strength of the Regular Army, including all ranks, but exclusive of the British Army in India, was about 10,000 less than the numbers voted.