§ MR. CHARLES HOBHOUSETo ask the Secretary of State for War whether any monetary reward is given for proficiency in Japanese; and why officers are not permitted to earn rewards for proficiency in Chinese and Japanese after having passed in both languages at the end of a single period of seconded service.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) A reward is given for proficiency in the Japanese language on the same lines as for Chinese. The conditions of the grants include a twelve months residence in the country concerned, and it is not possible for an officer to spend the same twelve months simultaneously in China and Japan.