§ 78. Viscount SANDONasked the Secretary of State for War if an extra cavalry regiment is required in England; and, if not, whether he will disband the regiment returned from India as surplus to requirements?
§ captain KINGThis cavalry regiment is not surplus to our present requirements. If it were necessary to send a cavalry d vision overseas, it would be included in the division.
§ Viscount SANDONIn that case, what a-e the circumstances existing now to make it necessary, which were not existing in the past year or two?
§ captain KINGIt is not surplus to the requirements for sending a cavalry division abroad.
§ colonel WEDGWOODWhat money would be saved if this cavalry regiment were dispensed with, as apparently it was dispensed with previously?
§ captain KINGI could not answer that question without notice.
§ colonel APPLINWill the hon. and gallant Gentleman take into consideration the fact that a cavalry regiment may be disbanded in a day, but that it takes a decade to re-form it?