§ MR. LOWE (Birmingham, Edgbaston)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether the mess allowance of 4s. a day, hitherto granted to quartermasters of Militia during the period of annual training, has been withdrawn on the embodiment of their regiments; and, if so, whether, in view of the fact that these officers are put to much extra expense on being detached from their permanent stations, the Secretary of State for War can see his way to authorise the allowance to be granted in the same manner as during the annual training period.
§ *MR. WYNDHAMI must refer my hon. friend to a reply to a similar question put by my hon. and gallant friend the Member for the Pembroke and Haverford west District on the 17th May.† I then explained that the mess allowance was inadmissible, but that a money grant as compensation for disturbance would be considered; and on the 26th of May‡ Lord Lansdowne stated in another place that he proposed to make such a grant. The details have not yet been settled.
§ MR. WARNERDoes that apply to adjutants?
§ *MR. WYNDHAMYes, to all the permanent staff.