§ MR. BUCHANAN (Perthshire, E.)To ask the Secretary of State for War, whether his attention has been directed to the fact that field allowances usually given to officers under canvas are at present disallowed to officers in South Africa in temporary huts of corrugated iron or similar material; and, if so, what steps he will take to remedy this state of affairs.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) Field allowance is granted in cases when the hut is non-equipped or partially equipped; but in South Africa a large number of superior equipped huts have been provided, in which cases the grant is inadmissible under present regulations.