§ LORD EUSTACE CECILasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he is now in a position to say what extra pay and allowances will be granted to the officers and men of the Army of Occupation in Egypt to meet the increased expenses of living entailed by enforced residence in that country?
§ SIR ARTHUR HAYTERIn reply to my noble Friend, I have to say that, in view of the increased expense of living entailed upon the officers of the Army of Occupation in Egypt, the War Office has proposed and the Treasury has assented to the grant of a special local allowance of 3s. a-day, in addition to the pay of officers of all ranks quar- 314 tered in that country. With regard to the men, they receive a field ration gratis, and are not, therefore, put to any extra expense on account of rations, and no deduction is made from their pay as at home. I may add that the expense entailed by this allowance will not be large, and will be included in the extra expense alluded to yesterday by the Prime Minister as likely to be borne by the Revenues of Egypt. I trust that this statement will be satisfactory to the noble Lord and to the officers and men of the Army of Occupation in Egypt, in whose interest the noble Lord has addressed this Question to me.
§ SIR ARTHUR HAYTERI believe from the 1st of October, the date at which the service of the Army of Occupation in Egypt commenced.