§ MR. CARBUTTasked the Under Secretary of State for India, To state under what circumstances Lieut. G. K. Scott Moncrieff, R.E., and other officers of Royal Engineers attached to the Indian Public Works Department, were 898 permitted to draw their civil pay as members of that department, as well as their military pay during the time they were employed, on field service discharging military duties in the late Afghan campaign?
§ MR. J. K. CROSSSir, in reply to my hon. Friend, I can only say that Royal Engineer officers, attached to the Public Works Department, received under established rule, while temporarily withdrawn for active service in Afghanistan, half of their civil pay, plus their military pay and allowances in the field.