§ Mr. BENNETT-GOLDNEYasked the Under-Secretary of State for War the number of officers, by ranks, in the reserve of officers as shown in the Army List on 1st January, 1912; the number of captains in the reserve of officers now serving in the Special Reserve, Yeomanry, and Territorial Army; the number of captains in the reserve of officers serving abroad; the number of captains in the reserve of officers resident in the United Kingdom not serving in the Special Reserve, Yeomanry, and Territorial Army, and who have been in the reserve of officers less than three, years; and if he will give the same information in respect of subalterns in the reserve of officers?
§ Mr. AMERYasked how many Infantry captains and subalterns, respectively, of the General Reserve of officers are, according to the latest Army List, resident in the United Kingdom and liable for foreign service; and how many of these are at present serving with the Special Reserve, the Yeomanry, or other branches of the Territorial Force?
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§ Colonel SEELYThe number of Reserve of officers, by ranks, 1st January, 1912:—
Generals 1 Lieutenant-Generals 9 Major-Generals 40 Colonels 89 Lieutenant-Colonels 410 Majors 1,165 Captains 1,041 Subalterns 313 Riding masters 19 Quartermasters 123 Commissaries of Ordnance 7 Total 3,217
"Captains" in the Reserve of officers:— Now serving in the Special Reserve 32 Now serving in the Yeomanry 24 Now serving in the Territorial Force 58 Now serving abroad 54 Resident in the United Kingdom, and not serving in the Special Reserve, Yeomanry, and Territorial Force, and who have been in the Reserve less than three years 231 Subalterns in the Reserve of officers:— Now serving in the Special Reserve 1 Now serving in the Yeomanry 14 Now serving in the Territorial Force 38 Now serving abroad 15 Resident in the United Kingdom, and not serving in the Special Reserve, Yeomanry, and Territorial Force, and who have been in the Reserve less than three years 113