§ MAJOR BALFOUR (Christchurch)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the officers' pay of the 4th Battalion Border Regiment, quartered at Youghal, which was due on 1st November, and which, by Article 35 276, Pay Warrant 1900, is ordered to be paid monthly in advance, was not issued by the paymaster till 10th December; and will he take steps to prevent the repetition of this breach of the Regulations.
LORD STANLEYIt appears that, owing to a misapprehension on the part of the officer commanding the battalion, the pay in question was issued in arrear instead of in advance. The Regulation on the subject is generally well known, and it does not appear necessary to issue further orders to meet what appears to be an isolated case.