§ Sir A. KNOXasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give the number of recruits accepted for service 2336W in the Regular Army in each of the years 1926 to 1935; and will he state what percentage in each case these numbers represented of the number who volunteered?
§ Sir V. WARRENDERFollowing is the answer:
Recruiting year ending 30thSeptember. Number of recruits finally approved. Percentage of recruits finally approved to the number of men served with Notice Papers. 1926 29,061 35 1927 27,938 33 1928 30,185 36 1929 28,131 39 1930 26,550 40 1931 34,458 42 1932 27,417 39 1933 28,841 40 1934 25,564 44 1935 25,681 53 Records of the numbers applying to enlist are only available for 1934 and 1935. During these years the percentages finally approved to total applicants were, respectively, 32 and 38.