§ Mr. BOLANDasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he will take steps to ascertain the exact number of men of Irish birth who were serving in the Army at the outbreak of war, and of those of Irish birth who subsequently joined the Army in Ireland and in Great Britain?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI regret that it is impossible to answer this question, but I might say that the number of recruits taken in Ireland during the War up to the 31st October last was 135,069.