CAPTAIN PIRIEI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether those three years' service men who have left the Brigade of Guards, and are now to be, allowed to rejoin, will be compelled to refund any deferred pay they may have received, as is the case with all other reserve men who may desire to rejoin their colours?
§ * MR. BRODRICKMen enlisted for three years' service with the colours, if they do not extend their services, receive a gratuity, but are not entitled to deferred pay. If they return to the colours, the whole of their time from 522 date of enlistment counts for deferred pay. They will not be required to refund the gratuity if they return to duty at the call of the Government.