§ Mr. BENNETT-GOLDNEYasked the Secretary of State for War if he will give the establishment and strength, by arms, of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the Territorial Force on 1st October, 1912, permanent staff excluded; the number of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men in the Territorial Force who are non-combatants; the number of non-commissioned officers and men under twenty years of age on 1st October, 1912; the number of non-commissioned officers and men whose period of engagement expires before 1st October, 1913; and the 1741W number of non-commissioned officers and men now serving on a one-year's engagement?
§ Colonel SEELYThe figures available are as follow:—
Particulars as to ages and termination of engagement are not yet available, but will be published in due course in the Territorial Force Annual Return.
— Establishment. Strength. Officers. N.C.O.s and Men. Officers. N.C.O.s and Men. Yeomanry 1,345 24,766 1,181 23,424 Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery 1,211 32,907 957 28,253 Royal Garrison Artillery 446 11,453 380 8,927 Royal Engineers 547 14,036 506 12,288 Infantry 5,742 196,510 4,730 160,897 Army Service Corps 322 8,610 282 7,087 Royal Army Medical Corps 1,442 13,643 1,116 11,623 Army Veterinary Corps 184 14 91 — Total 11,239 301,939 9,243 252,499
§ Mr. BENNETT-GOLDNEYasked the Secretary of State for War if he will give the establishment and the strength, by arms, of the London Territorial Force; the number who volunteered to attend the special camp held at a period later than the August camp; whether this special camp was held, and, if not, for what reason; and if he will also give the number of Territorial Royal Horse and Field Artillery batteries who trained this year, with the number of such batteries which trained with horses previously used this year by other Territorial Artillery batteries?
§ Colonel SEELYThe figures for the London district are as follows:—
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— Establishment. Strength. Officers. N.C.O.s and Men. Officers. N.C.O.s and Men. Yeomanry 120 2,211 113 2,020 Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery 176 4,780 137 4,083 Royal Garrison Artillery 13 417 12 333 Royal Engineers 67 1,881 67 1,704 Infantry 768 26,004 636 20,074 Army Service Corps 42 1,092 34 646 Royal Army Medical Corps 194 2,020 159 1,511 Army Veterinary Corps 23 2 8 — Total 1,403 38,407 1,166 30,371 As regards the alternative camp in September, as only one officer and seventy-eight men volunteered for it, it was considered expedient to cancel the arrangements. The whole number of horse and field batteries, amounting to twenty-four
and 154 respectively, trained this year. The information required regarding the horses is not available at the War Office, and could not be obtained except with great difficulty by calling for returns from the various commands.