§ Major ROSSasked the Secretary of State for War what is the present deficiency of establishment in personnel of the Territorial Army, defining the deficiency in each arm of the Service?
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§ Mr. SHAWThe following table shows the establishment, strength and defi-
Arm. Establishment. Strength. Deficiency. Officers. Other Ranks. Officers. Other Ranks. Officers. Other Ranks. Yeomanry and Scouts 362 4,624 312 4,411 50 213 Royal Horse Artillery 17 369 15 344 2 25 Royal Artillery 1,881 31,153 1,607 25,893 274 5,260 Royal Engineers 579 13,336 459 8,373 120 4,963 Royal Corps of Signals 333 6,108 284 4,483 49 1,625 Infantry 3,381 98,590 3,028 79,167 353 19,423 Royal Tank Corps 112 1,416 94 1,299 18 117 Royal Army Chaplains Department. 306 — 201 — 105 — Royal Army Service Corps 164 1,381 150 1,223 14 158 Royal Army Medical Corps 768 2,136 499 1,675 269 461 Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 43 427 35 373 8 54 Royal Army Veterinary Corps. 49 52 48 41 1 11 Engineer and Railway Staff Corps. 60 — 52 — 8 — Total 8,055 159,592 6,784 127,282 1,271 32,310 In the case of Air Defence troops, Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers there is a restriction on recruiting. At present recruiting for the Territorial Army as a whole is limited to 165,429 all ranks, as against the total establishment of 167,647.