§ MR LAMBERT (Devonshire,) South MoltonI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state the total amount per diem, including allowances, paid to non-commissioned officers and men now serving in South Africa.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordThe non-commissioned officers and men of the regular army serving in South Africa receive the same pay and money allowances as elsewhere. They get in South Africa the benefit of a free grocery ration, and certain other issues 1317 in kind are made to them which, if at home, would have to be met out of the money allowance for messing.