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Establishment and Strength of Army, Army Reserve, Militia, Imperial Yeomanry, and Volunteers on Jan. 1st, 1903 (all ranks).
Normal Establishment | Actual Strength | Wanting to complete | |
Army, Regular: Forces, Regimental Establishments..... | 284,378 | *324,653 | |
General and Departmental Staff and Miscellaneous Establishments. . | 2,400 | 2,400 | |
Army Reserves, Class I........ | 80,000 | 32,865 | 47,135 |
Militia....... | 131,737 | 108,568 | 23,169 |
Militia Reserve (New)....... | 50,000 | † | 50,000 |
Channel Islands and Colonial Militia ...... | 6,002 | 5,068 | 934 |
Imperial Yeom'nry at Home.. . . | 35,164 | 22,942 | 12,222 |
346,450 | 250,990 | 95,460 | |
Bermuda Rifle Volunteers.... | 319 | 233 | 86 |
General total. . | 936,450 | 747,719 | 188,731 |
 
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