§ Brigadier-General WIGANasked the Secretary of State for War how many men from the Egyptian Expeditionary Force had been demobilised in the United Kingdom up to 1st March, 1919, and bow many men are still awaiting demobilisation in the United Kingdom; if the percentage of troops demobilised in the United Kingdom from the Egyptian Expeditionary Force is equal to the proportion of that demobilised from the British Expeditionary Force; and, if not, what is the percentage of the difference?
Captain GUESTThe total number demobilised from the British Expeditionary Force, France, up to the 26th of March is 718,565, being approximately 45 per cent. of the field strength at the end of September, 1918. The total demobilised from Egypt up to the same date is 38,559, being approximately 23 per cent. of the field strength at the end of September, 1918. It is not possible to state the number of men from the Egyptian Expeditionary Force at present awaiting demobilisation to the United Kingdom.