Military Forces, India.

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Ireland. – in the House of Commons at on 15 March 1922.

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Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. HALL:

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asked the Lord Privy Seal whether the Government have considered the serious statement made recently by the Commander-in-Chief in India to the Legislative Assembly at Delhi as to the inadequacy of the present military forces, owing in part to their inefficient and defective equipment, to deal with the grave state of disaffection and sedition which has arisen throughout the Indian Empire; is he aware that in the same speech Lord Rawlinson protested against any further diminution in strength of the British and native forces in India; what reduction has been made in the strength of the Army in India compared with 1914; whether this reduction has been made on the understanding that the equipment of the Army would be correspondingly improved; and what steps have been taken by the Government to meet the dangers apprehended by Lord Rawlinson?