§ MR. MCKENNA (for Mr. C. E. SHAW)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether any allowance for outfit will be provided out of the public funds for Volunteer officers proceeding with active service companies to South Africa, such outfit forming no part of their ordinary equipment and being of no further use to them after their return home on the conclusion of the war.
*MR. J. POWELL-WILLIAMSA capitation allowance of £12 is paid to the corps for the provision of the outfit of each officer and man of the Volunteers proceeding with the service companies to South Africa.