HC Deb 12 July 1923 vol 166 cc1612-3W
Sir C. YATE

asked 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- 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

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