§ MR. DARBY GRIFFITHsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, Whether it is to be understood from Vote 10, as detailed in the Army Estimates, that the charge for the daily ration of Forage, which for the Cavalry of the Line in England is at 20d., and in Ireland at 18d., is for the Staff and Departmental Officers of the Army charged at 28d. in both countries; whether such difference arises from the superior quantity or value of the ration supplied to those branches of the service, or, if not, what reason he is able to give for the difference?
MR. T. G. BARINGsaid, that part of the difference of 8d. per day in the allowance for the ration of forage, to Staff and Departmental Officers, above the charge for the Cavalry of the Line, arose from its being a commuted allowance; Officers purchased forage for themselves and could not do this at so low a price as the wholesale contract rates; part of the difference also consisted in an allowance for stabling.