§ 13. Rear-Admiral SUETERasked the Secretary of State for War the numbers of personnel in the Army in August, 1914, and July, 1927, the numbers of the administrative staff at the War Office in August, 1914 and 1927; and whether he can give the numbers of officers and men now serving in the Tank Corps?
| — | Estimates, 1914. | Estimates, 1927. | |
| Army—Numbers (Vote A) excluding "additional numbers. " | 181, 568* | 152, 501† | |
| War Office | 1, 878‡ | 2, 387‡ | |
| Officers. | Other Ranks. | ||
| Royal Tank Corps (Regimental Establisment). | — | 181 | 3, 109 |
| * Excludes "additional numbers," 3, 300; Royal Flying Carps, 1, 429: and Central Flying School, 103 (See Estimates, 1914–15, page 12). | |||
| † Excludes "additional numbers," 11, 999, and Native Indian Troops in the Middle East administered by the Air Ministry, 2, 000 (See Estimates, 1927, page 11). | |||
| ‡ The numbers for the War Office Staff include attached officers, typists, messengers and cleaners, but exclude Metropolitan Police, staff on loan to other Government Departments and (in 1914–15) staff for military aeronautics; they also include Local Audit Staff at outstations. |