MARQUESS of TULLIBARDINEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War when will the Special Reserve be fitted out with the newly converted rifle?
§ Colonel SEELYNo definite date can at present be given, but the re-armament will be effected during the coming financial year.
MARQUESS of TULLIBARDINEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War what is the scope of the Special Reserve upon mobilisation, and they will be used to fill up vacancies in the Regular Army?
§ Colonel SEELYThe general scope of the Special Reserve on mobilisation was fully explained by the Secretary of State for War in Debate on Army Estimates on 27th July, 1908.