RESERVE (SECTIONS A, B AND D).

HC Deb 12 March 1925 vol 181 c1559W

Lieut.-Colonel POWNALL

asked the Secretary of State for War what was the strength on the latest available date of Sections A and B of the Army Reserve; and what was the comparable figure on the same date in 1914?

Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANS

The strength of the three sections of the Army Reserve on 1st March, 1925, and on the corresponding date in 1914 was as follows:

—	Section A.	Section B.	Section D.
1st March, 1914	5,545	104,309	37,535
1st March, 1925	Nil	52,007	39,323

Enrolment for Section A will not commence until the end of the present month.