§ SIR JOHN COLOMBI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether gratuities granted to the Army, Navy, and Marines for war service in South Africa will also be granted to the officers and men of the Army who served in West Africa, and who took part in the defence of Coomassie, and in the operations for its relief.
§ MR. BRODRICKI cannot at present answer this question. The conditions of the two campaigns are not identical, and the majority of the soldiers concerned in the defence and relief of Coomassie were natives, who would not in any case be remunerated on the same scale as British soldiers.
§ SIR JOHN COLOMBMy question related to the officers and men of British regiments.