§ Viscount SANDONasked the Home Secretary from what sources the mounted section of the Metropolitan police are recruited; and how many come from each individual cavalry regiment?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSMembers of the mounted branch are taken by selection from the rest of the force. Probably a minority had served in a cavalry regiment before joining the police, but I could not give particulars without an investigation of every man's record.