§ MAJOR RASCH (Essex, Chelmsford)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether he can explain why the widows and families of officers of Indian Army Departments (1,341, 1,344 Army List, 1 7 91), all of whom served with the British Army, on promotion to warrant officers should not be treated as regards pensions and allowances similarly to those of officers entering the Staff Corps from the British Army; and, if not, will he have paragraph 1,541 Army Regulations, vol. 1, Pay Code, amended to include them.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord G. HAMILTON, Middlesex, Ealing)An Indian Army circular was issued by the Government of India on the 1st April, 1900, revising the rates of pension for the widows and children of officers and warrant officers of Indian Army Departments. The rates now in force are equivalent to those enjoyed by the widows and children of corresponding ranks in the British Army.