§ 36. Sir N. Grattan-Doyleasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will state for some recent convenient date the numbers of the Regular Army serving overseas and, separately, the number serving in India and Burma?
§ Mr. Hore-BelishaOn 1st February, 91,868 officers and men of the Regular Army were serving overseas. Of this number 52,350 were in India and 1,502 in Burma. The above figures exclude some 3,660 locally raised regular troops.
§ Sir A. KnoxHave not the garrisons in India been very much reduced? They used to be 60,000.
§ Mr. Hore-BelishaThey have not been reduced in recent months.