§ 14. Viscount SANDONasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will either reform the Machine-gun Corps, if necessary, at the expense of existing units, or equip a certain number of existing battalions as machine-gun units; and, if not, what steps he will take to ensure that there shall be mobile bodies of machine gunners free for detached use in time of war?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSIt is not proposed to reform the Machine-gun Corps, but methods of increasing the machine-gun strength of the Army are at present under consideration.