§ CAPTAIN NORTONTo ask the Secretary of State for War if he can state why acting chaplains who served with the troops in South Africa during the late campaign have not received the gratuity of £100, to which, by the wording of Article 601 B of the Pay Warrants, they appear to be entitled; and whether these officers are entitled to any allowance for outfit.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) Civilian clergy employed with troops were not regarded as appointed to military positions in the Imperial forces during emergency, and wore consequently ineligible for the gratuity specially given on retirement from such an appointment. The regulations do not admit of the grant of outfit allowance to them, but an advance of pay was granted at the commencement of their employment. Further, they received a war gratuity on the cessation of their employment provided that they had been so employed for nine months and had given their whole time to the service of the Army.