§ SIR WILLIAM HART DYKEasked the Secretary of State for India, Whether it is a fact that the Indian Troops lately serving in Egypt have drawn English pay and allowances only; and, if so, whether they have not suffered a diminution in their usual pay during the Campaign?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONSir, the Indian troops, properly so-called, have, during the whole of their absence from India, drawn full Indian pay and allowances. With regard to the British troops on the Indian Establishment proceeding to Egypt, it was decided, after communication with the Secretary of State for War, that the British regiments and batteries were to remain on Indian pay and allowances until they landed in Egypt, when they would come under the orders of the General Commanding-in-Chief in Egypt, and would thenceforward come on the same scale of pay and allowances as the rest of the British troops with the expeditionary force. The rank and file of the regiments suffered no diminution of their usual pay during the campaign, but the officers and regimental staff ceased to draw the pay and allowances at the higher rates which are granted during service in India.