§ Major ANSTRUTHER-GRAYasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is now in a position to state the number of battalions and approximate total 1328W number of men of the Territorial Force who did not complete their full course of ball-firing musketry practice during 1909, 1910, and 1911, respectively?
§ Colonel SEELYsupplied the following figures:—
1. Musketry year 1908–09:— Battalions which tested and qualified 75 per cent. or more of their strength 46 Battalions which tested and qualified 50 per cent. to 75 per cent. of their strength 73 Battalions which tested and qualified less than 50 per cent. of their strength 79 Battalions which tested none 7 1909–10:— Battalions which tested and qualified 75 per cent. or more of their strength 77 Battalions which tested and qualified 50 per cent. to 75 per cent. of their strength 84 Battalions which tested and qualified less than 50 per cent. of their strength 43 Battalions which tested none 1 1910–11:— Battalions which tested and qualified 75 per cent. or more of their strength 118 Battalions which tested and qualified 50 per cent. to 75 per cent. of their strength 67 Battalions which tested and qualified less than 50 per cent. of their strength 22 Battalions which tested none nil. 2. Total number of men of the Territorial Force (Yeomanry, R.E. field companies, and Infantry) who did not complete their full course of ball-firing practice:—
1908–09 … … … … 30,153 1909–10 … … … … 15,865 1910–11 … … … … 15,372 A larger reduction would have been shown in this year but for Paragraph 361 (3) T.F. Regulations, under which men in their first year of service may qualify on miniature ranges.