§ CAPTAIN JESSEL () St. Pancras, S.I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War if he will explain why substantive Colonels, occupying the position of Chief Staff Officers of Military Districts in Great Britain, do not draw the pay laid down in the Pay Warrant for Colonels on the Staff?
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. G. WTNDHAM,) DoverThe title "Colonel on the Staff" is the designation of a definite Staff appointment, carrying with it more responsibility and higher pay than that of Chief Staff Officer. These rates of Staff pay are fixed without reference to the Army rank of the holder.