§ MR. EDWARDS (Radnor)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he 671 can state whether the Militia regiments which volunteered for service abroad, and have been or are garrisoning the Channel Islands, will receive similar advantages to those Militia regiments which are garrisoning stations in the Mediterranean and elsewhere as laid down in paragraphs 601B and 601C of the Royal Warrant—namely, that each officer not on retired Army pay will on the disembodiment of his regiment receive a gratuity of £100, and after the first twelve months of service a further gratuity of £100 for each year of service; and whether the regiments stationed in the Channel Islands will be given the six months additional service granted to the regiments in South Africa and elsewhere.
LORD STANLEYThe reply to the first paragraph of the hon. Member's question is in the affirmative. The reply to the second is in the negative, as the gratuity referred to therein is specifically limited to battalions serving in South Africa.