§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether any attempt is being made to limit naval personnel by international agreement; and whether he will give the active naval personnel and reserves, for a convenient date, prior to the War, and the latest numbers voted or proposed for Great Britain, Japan, the United States, France, and Italy?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANAs regards the first part of the question, the Draft Convention provisionally prepared by the League of Nations Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference in April, 1927, contained a clause for the limitation of naval personnel. The following are the approximate figures relating to naval personnel and reserves: