§ CAPTAIN NORTON (Newington, W.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State 756 for War, in view of the fact that pensioned officers now being recalled to the service are having their pensions withheld during the period of their return to the service, although such a course is not followed in the case of non-commissioned officers and men, and a pension is held to be a reward earned by past service, whether he will consider the advisability of placing officers upon an equal footing with non-commissioned officers and men in this respect, more especially as officers are liable to be compulsorily recalled to the service.
§ * MR. WYNDHAMNo, Sir. The cases are not on a par. Only those officers are compulsorily recalled who belong to the reserve of officers, and one of the conditions of such recall is that the officer drops his retired pay when he returns to full pay. The reserve of non-commissioned officers and men is not made up of pensioners.