COLONEL LONG (Worcestershire, Evesham)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether in view of the much larger mess allowances made to
†See page 354–5331 the officers' messing in the Navy compared with those made to the officers' messing in the Army, he will endeavour to have the officers of the two services placed in a more equal position and the discrepancies of the mess allowances remedied.(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) The conditions of service in the Navy and Army are so widely different that no comparison can fairly be drawn between their emoluments; still less therefore is it practicable to select one item for purposes of comparison.