§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War on what principle does the War Office allow the wives of officers on the staff to retain quarters and allowances for six months during the absence of their husbands, while the wives of regimental officers are compelled immediately to surrender their quarters; and whether, having regard to the fact that regimental officers have smaller pay than staff officers, the privileges given to the wives of staff officers will be accorded to the wives of regimental officers.
§ * MR. WYNDHAMRegimental officers are liable to be moved at the shortest notice, and are specially exempted for that reason from the payment of taxes on public quarters. The wives of regimental officers have been allowed to remain in quarters until they are actually required for the troops moving in. Staff officers have appointments for a fixed term, generally for five years, and have usually 440 been put to expense in furnishing and fitting up quarters.