§ COLONEL McCALMONT (Antrim, E.)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether it is proposed to take any steps to ameliorate the conditions under which Army quartermasters at present serve, more particularly with regard to the difference of treatment existing between the appointment, pay, promotion, and retiring allowances of quartermasters as compared with those of district officers of Royal Artillery.
(answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) As regards the comparison drawn between district officers of the Royal Artillery and quartermasters, it would not appear that the differences in appointment, pay, and promotion are in excess of the difference of the duties or to be in 172 all respects to the disadvantage of the quartermasters. It is not, therefore, proposed to make any alterations in these respects. The question of retiring allowances is, however, at present receiving careful consideration.