§ Sir C. YATEasked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he will give a statement showing the combatant strength in comparative tables of all units of all arms of the Army in India, both British and Indian, in 1913, and the correspond- 1613W ing figures when the sanctioned reductions as now contemplated have been carried out; and what troops are allotted to each province when the Field Army is mobilised?
— 1913. Present. If reductions are carried out. British Troops. Indian Troops. British Troops. Indian Troops. British Troops. Indian Troops. Fighting Services, Army:— Cavalry … … … 6,169 24,156 5,094 10,962 3,894 10,962 Infantry and Pioneers … 54,465 115,056 48,335 108,567 42,835 102,871 Artillery … … 15,205 10,139 11,446 13,902 10,645 13,902 Sappers and Miners … 198 4,734 350 7,875 345 7,780 Signals … … … 207 352 2,196 3,311 2,196 3,311 Tank Corps … … — — 1,265 — 1,265 — Air Force … … — — 1,859 2 1,859 2