§ Mr. WISEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if there has been a reduction in our forces in Egypt in the last 12 months; and, if so, what is the reduction?
Lieut.-Colonel GUINNESSApart from the troops lent temporarily to Constantinople, there has been a reduction in our forces in Egypt in the last 12 months of 12,800.
Country. Peace Strength of Army. Cost. Austria … … … 30,000 4,787,821,500 kronen (Austrian). Belgium … … … 118,969 998,000,000 francs. Bulgaria … … … 33,000 535,416,925 leva. China … … … No information available. Czechoslovakia … … … 150,000 2,011,354,374 kronen (Czech). Denmark … … … 33,000 45,000,000 kroner. Esthonia … … … 16,000 168,000,000 Esthonian marks. Finland … … … 121,600 283,154,200 Finnish marks. France … … … 736,261 4,286,260,129 francs. Germany … … … 100,000 3,701,390,139 marks. Greece … … … No information available. Hungary … … … 35,000 3,600,000,000 kronen (Hungarian). Italy … … … 210,000 1,879,000,000 lire. Japan … … … 250,000 331,902,304 yen. Latvia … … … 25,000 44,000,000 Lettish roubles. Lithuania … … … 13,000 671,595,120 German marks. Netherlands … … … 29,400 71,503,489 florins. Norway … … … 60,000 44,471,600 kroner. Poland … … … 275,000 153,000,000,000 Polish marks. Portugal … … … 40,000 88,770,320 escudos. Roumania … … … 200,000 1,700,000,000 lei. Russia … … … 1,300,000 400 million million (1922) roubles. Siam … … … 18,430 13,500,000 ticals. Spain … … … 215,949 538,177,220 pesetas. Sweden … … … 120,000 85,440,246 kroner. Switzerland … … … 160,000 81,561,319 francs (Swiss). U.S.A. Regulars … … … 144,000 $361,075,165. U.S.A. National Guard … … … 16,000 Yugo-Slavia … … … 109,000 1,080,900,000 dinars.