§ Sir JOHN DEWARasked the Undersecretary of State for War the comparative figures, as between England and Wales on the one hand and Scotland on the other, of the establishment, the strength, the percentage of establishment to population, the percentage of strength to population, and the percentage of strength to establishment of the Territorial Force as at 1st April, 1912, and the corresponding figures for each of the counties of Scotland?
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§ Colonel SEELYThe information is as follows:—
— Establishment All Ranks. * Strength (1–10–11) All Ranks. Percentage. Establishment to Male Population. Strength to Male Population. Strength to Establishment. England and Wales … … 258,177 218,344 1.48 1.25 84.6 Scotland … … †55,111 †45,819 2.39 1.99 83.1 Aberdeen … … 2,135 1,726 2.75 2.22 80.8 City Aberdeen … … 2,957 2,426 3.98 3.27 82.0 Argyll … … 1,503 1,387 4.24 3.92 92.3 Ayr … … 3,064 2,339 2.35 1.80 76.3 Banff … … 529 430 1.78 1.45 81.3 Berwick … … 349 285 2.46 2.01 81.7 Bute … … 255 218 3.19 2.72 85.5 Caithness … … 483 459 3.19 3.03 95.0 Clackmannan … … 364 336 2.48 2.29 92.3 Dumbarton … … 1,181 1,056 1.69 1.51 89.4 Dumfries … … 636 589 1.82 1.68 92.6 Dundee, City of … … 2,206 1,628 3.06 2.26 73.8 Edinburgh, City of … … 6,066 4,915 4.23 3.43 81.0 Elgin … … 1,127 839 5.50 4.10 74.4 Fife … … 2,064 1,734 1.56 1.31 84.0 Forfar … … 1,247 960 2.28 1.76 77.0 Glasgow, City of … … 10,392 9,170 3.62 3.20 88.2 Haddingcon … … 525 399 2.45 1.86 76.0 Inverness … … 2,026 1641 4.77 3.87 81.0 Kincardine … … 539 315 3.76 2.20 58.4 Kinross … … 121 112 3.34 3.10 92.5 Kirkcudbright … … 506 374 2.80 2.07 73.9 Lanark … … 2,982 2,877 .69 .66 96.5 Linlithgow … … 503 493 1.20 1.17 98.0 Midlothian … … 1,393 1,119 1.51 1.22 80.3 Nairn … … 68 68 1.57 1.34 85.3 Orkney … … 570 426 4.65 3.48 74.7 Peebles … … 241 164 3.41 2.32 68.0 Perth … … 1,751 1,379 3.00 2.36 78.8 Renfrew … … 2,772 2,424 1.83 1.60 87.4 Ross and Cromarty … … 1,576 1,195 4.07 3.08 75.4 Roxburgh … … 514 399 2.38 1.85 77.6 Selkirk … … 369 307 3.26 2.71 83.2 Stirling … … 718 669 .87 .81 93.2 Sutherland … … 643 453 6.53 4.60 70.4 Wigtown … … 244 173 1.62 115 70.9 Zetland … … 242 181 1.92 1.44 74.8 Total … … †54,861 †45,655 — — — * The Establishment and Strength include officers and non-commissioned officers and men, but exclude the Territorial Force Reserve Officers on the unattached list and officers of Officers Training Corps, and Royal Army Medical Corps Officers of General Hospitals and Sanitary Service available only on mobilisation. † The difference between these numbers is accounted for by Medical and Veterinary Officers, and others not allocated to counties.