§ SIR WALTER FOSTER (Derby, Ilkeston)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether it is the case that the men of the Indian Hospital Corps and bearer companies in war time receive less rations than the Sepoy; are allowed only 10 lbs. weight of kit against 33 lbs. allowed to the Sepoy; are entirely unarmed when in the field; and are rewarded only by a bronze medal, while the Sepoy receives a silver 301 one; and whether anything can be done to remedy these conditions?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Sir J. GORST, Chatham)The statements contained in the question are substantially correct. The arrangements referred to are made by the Military Authorities in India, and the Secretary of State sees no ground for interfering with them.