§ Mr. HENRY TERRELLasked the Secretary of State for War if he will state how the numbers of officers and men which by the Estimates are authorised to be maintained are arrived at, and if by reference to the opinion of the military advisers of the Crown; and what are the numbers of officers and men which, in the opinion of the military advisers of the Crown, are necessary and adequate for the defence of the Empire and other military operations which the Army is intended and expected to discharge?
§ Mr. HALDANEThese numbers are inserted in the Estimates on the authority of the Army Council.