§ SIR HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that members of the Volunteer force are being induced by the high rate of pay to join regiments of Yeomanry; and, with the view of preventing financial embarrassment owing to these Volunteers failing to fulfil their contracts of service, will he direct either that the Commanding Officer of Yeomanry enrolling any such Volunteer shall pay the capitation grant he would have earned in the unexpired time of service, or else that the Volunteer Corps shall be entitled to charge such sum against the public.
LORD STANLEYI am aware a few members of the Volunteer force have joined the Imperial Yeomanry. I do not understand that this exempts them from any private agreement which they may have made with their Volunteer Corps.