MR. LLOYD MORGAN (Carmarthenshire, W.)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he can explain why royal garrison regiments, which are now serving abroad in subtropical stations, are officered in the senior ranks by two classes, and why officers of the same rank are paid at different rates; and will he explain why an officer serving with such garrison regiments is paid, if he is in receipt of a pension, only a portion of the pay of his rank, while other Officers who have commuted their pensions for a lump sum, are paid the full pay of their rank.
LORD STANLEYThe officers all draw the pay of their rank, except those officers retired with a pension, who may draw such retired pay plus £150 a year in lieu of the pay of their rank if the former be more advantageous to them.