§ MR. COLSTON (Gloucestershire, Thornbury)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he will grant the allowance in aid of outfit, of an amount not exceeding £100, to those Departmental officers who voluntarily placed their services at their country's disposal during the great pressure of the South African War, but who, being Volunteers, are not entitled to claim the allowance. I beg also to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he can now redeem the undertaking given by him to the effect that the Secretary of State for War was prepared to consider any special cases in which it could be shown that Volunteer corps had been put to expense in connection with the billeting and messing of their service companies during their period of training; and, whether, as the Wiltshire Volunteer Service Company was involved in a special expenditure of £502 owing to no barrack accommodation being provided for them, that sum can now be refunded from public sources.
§ *MR. WYNDHAMI hope to be able to answer both these questions shortly.