§ Mr. BENNETT-GOLDNEYasked the Secretary for War if he will give the establishment of the Regular Army serving at Home on the 1st January, 1914; and as well as the strength of the same on that date?
§ Colonel SEELYThe establishment is 134,808, and the strength on 1st January was 122,445.
§ Mr. BENNETT-GOLDNEYalso asked the number of non-commissioned officers and men on the regimental strength of the several arms serving at Home on the 1st January, 1914, under twenty years of age?
§ Colonel SEELYThe figures are as follows:—Household Cavalry, 141; Cavalry608W of the Line, 2,026; Royal Horse Artillery, 186; Royal Field Artillery, 3,127; Royal Garrison Artillery, 1,354; Royal Engineers, 1,302; Royal Flying Corps (M.W.), 193; Foot Guards, 1,481; Infantry of the Line, 16,145; Army Service Corps, 1,191; Royal Army Medical Corps, 604; Army Veterinary Corps, 1; Army Ordnance Corps, 318; Army Pay Corps, 6. Total, all arms, 28,075. The above are rank and file only. The figures for trumpeters, drummers, and buglers are not available.