§ COLONEL DALBIACI beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office 1228 whether arrangements can be made for the more punctual and regular payments of separation allowance to the wives of Reservists, as many of these women, whose documents were present and in order, have been reduced to great straits through being kept out of their money for six or seven weeks.
* MR. J. POWELL-WILLIAMSThe pressure on the Army Pay Department has been very great; and it is possible that in dealing with the large number of separation allowances, which necessarily depend on informatian given by the soldier through his commanding officer, delay may occasionally have occurred. The information given by the soldier is often incomplete, and information is sometimes refused altogether. The women are also constantly changing their addresses. I have no reason to believe that there has been any general unpunctuality. If a special case is given to me, I shall be happy to inquire into it.