§ COLONEL HILL (Bristol, S.)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether, 1456 since by Article 1,060 of the Royal Warrant, dated December, 1887, Quartermasters of the Militia, after 30 years of total service, were granted pensions according to Line rates, or a maximum of £200 a-year, and that the duties performed by the old Adjutants of Auxiliary Forces are as important as those of the Quartermasters, the same boon will be conceded to these officers, permitting them to reckon service in similar manner, so as to enable them to get their maximum pension of £183?
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, WAR DEPARTMENT (Mr. BRODRICK)(who replied) (Surrey, Guildford) saidI am not prepared to admit any analogy between the cases of the old Adjutants of Auxiliary Forces and the Quartermasters, In the case of the latter, their retired pay is the sole acknowledgment in regard to their past service from the time they first entered the Army. The retired pay of the Adjutants has only reference to their service in the Auxiliary Forces, and is larger than they could have looked forward to when they accepted their appointments. Before becoming Adjutants they had received for their Line service, by the sale of their commissions or otherwise, whatever they were entitled to in respect of that service. I cannot hold out any hope of an alteration in the terms offered.