§ *MAJOR SEELY (Isle of Wight)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether his attention has been directed to the fact that officers of the Imperial Yeomanry who were appointed to commissions from the ranks as a reward for service in the field have not been allowed the grant of £35 for outfit; although that grant was allowed to officers of the new Imperial Yeomanry proceeding from England; and will he take into consideration the case of the men promoted from the ranks.
§ MR. FREDERICK WILSON (Norfolk, Mid.)At the same time may I ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the allowance sanctioned by the War Office to officers going out to South Africa in the Imperial Yeomanry is £35, but in November last a new order was issued, stating that all officers in the Imperial Yeomanry commissioned from the ranks in South Africa would only be allowed £5 for the purpose of assisting them to adopt their existing kits to officer's outfit; and, whether, considering the qualifications for promotion of men who have served in South Africa, he will consider the desirability of making them the same allowance as men sent out fresh from England.
LORD STANLEYIn answer to these two Questions, the amounts actually expended in these cases will be granted up to a limit of £35.