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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINGDOM

Details of the Army Estimates for 1912-13 are given in the section or. Finance (page 44).

Tlie following table shows the nnmhers borne on the establishment of the Regnlar Army for the j'^ear 1912-13: —

Brandies of the Service.

Officers

N.C.O.'s, Drummers,

(fee.

Rank and File

Total

Staff and Departments .

984

133

11

1,1

Regimental Establishments- Cavalry

Horse and Field Artillery . Garrison Artillery.

Engineers

Infantry

Army Service Corps Army Medical Corps . Colonial and Native Indian Corps Departmental Corps " Additional Numbers "

546 728 604 709 3,436 455 683 302 335 10

1,330 1,541 1,499 1,517 9,622 1,245 585 568 1,416

12,878

16,916

11,804

7,592

83,021

4,887

3,362

8,001

1,526

3,790

14,754

19,185

13,907

9,818

96,079

6,587

4,630

8,871

3,322

8,800

Total ....

7,808

19,409

153,576

180,953

Staff of Territorial Force

629

2,401

8

3,038

Miscellaneous Establishments.

379

826

276 154,031

1,481

Grand Total .

9,800

22,769

186,600

The total estimated cost of the Army (exclusive of India) in the year 1912-13 was 27,860,000?., of which 3,905,000/. was for n on effective services.

II. Navy.

Naval Estimates total: —

1912-13 1911-12 1910-11

4.5,085,400 1

44,392,500

40,603,700

1909-10 1908-09 1907-08

35,142,700 32,319,500 31,419,500

1 Includes 1,000,000?. supplementary.

The British Navy is a permanent establishment, governed by statutes and orders fix3d with much precision by the Legislature. Its administration was formerly in the hands of a Lord High Admiral, but by the Act 2 Will, and Mary, c. 2, this office was vested in a Commission. With the exception of various periods in which the office has been revived — in the person of the Earl of Pembroke in the reign of William III., of Prince George of Denmark (1702-8), and of the Duke of Clarence (May, 1827— August, 1828)~it has continued to be held in commission by the Board of Admiralty. The Board now consists of the First Lord of the Admiralty, who is always a member of the Cabinet, and eight other commissioners.

Under the 1912 Admiralty reorganisation scheme, the various members are responsible for special business as folloAvs: — First Lord, general direction of all business; First Sea Lord, Organisation for War and distribution of the Fleet; Second Sea Lord, Personnel; Third Sea Lord, material; Fourth Sea

Lord, Stores and Transport; Civil Lord, Works, Buildings, and Greenwich