§ Lieut.-Colonel HORLICKasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the estimated strength of the army of the Soviet Republics in artillery, cavalry and infantry; the number of warships of all classes; the size of their air fleet in machines and personnel; and if any information is available as to the total cost of their fighting forces in the year 1924–25?
§ Mr. R. McNEILLThe estimated strength of the Soviet army (excluding territorial troops inscribed but not actually under arms) is 93,600 cavalry and 657,000 infantry. The strength of the Soviet navy will be found in the Return of the Fleets of the British Empire and Foreign Countries, laid before Parliament, Cd. Paper No. 2349 of 1925. No information is available as to the strength of the Soviet artillery or air forces. The revised budget, 1924—estimated for an expenditure of 407 million gold roubles (approximately 45 million sterling at current rate of exchange) by the Commissariat of War and Marine.