§ MR. GUTHRIE (Tower Hamlets, Bow, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the civilian orderlies and other employees of the various field and stationary private hospitals who served in South Africa are to receive the war gratuity authorised by the Special Army Order, dated 8th December, 1900; and, if not, whether he will state the reason for making a distinction between these men and the orderlies of the Royal Army Medical Corps, who performed exactly similar work.
LORD STANLEYAs I have previously explained to the House, the war gratuity is not applicable to civilians employed on specific terms during the war.