HC Deb 14 April 1910 vol 16 cc1566-7W
Major HENDERSON

asked the Secretary of State for War what percentage of men in the Regular Army and Special Reserve respectively are under the age of twenty?

Mr. HALDANE

The percentage of rank and file of the Regular Army under twenty years of age on 1st March, 1910, was 15.27; this figure includes boys. As regards the Special Reserve no figures are available for a date later than 1st October, 1909; the percentage on that date was 29.39.