§ SIR CHARLES DALRYMPLE (Ipswich)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether, to avoid waste of their money, he could arrange to furnish soldiers returning from active service with a pass home and a savings bank book showing amount due to them, with power to draw not more than 15s. in any one week, the leaves of the book being of a different colour to those in general use, and easily identified by post-office clerks.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) The present arrangement by which a soldier is paid in instalments on return from active service, one instalment of £3 being paid the day after demobilisation, and the other a month later, has been found to work satisfactorily, and there would appear to be no reason for any modification of these regulations. The money being already earned is due, and it would be difficult to retain it for any considerable period.