§ Mr. HUNTasked the Secretary of State for War why the 93,000 men posted to the Ersatz Reserve, in Germany, were excluded from his estimate of the numbers taken in that country for military training, whilst 42,000 men recruited for the Territorial Force in the United Kingdom were included; and can he say whether many of the 93,000 men posted to the Ersatz Reserve, in Germany, did or did not receive a longer period of training than our Territorials?
§ Colonel SEELYThe men posted to the Ersatz Reserve were not included because1696W though they are liable for training for certain periods, at the present time they are rarely called out for such training, and for the period in question it is understood that only 2,700 were so called out; I therefore expressly stated in the answer referred to that the Ersatz Reserve was not included in the number given.