§ SIR D. BRYNMOR JONES (Swansea District)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether Brevet-Colonel A. J. Arnold, whose name appears on page 68 of the monthly Army List asone of the officers in special extra-regimental employment, is in the employment in any, and what, capacity of the Portuguese Chartered Company at Beira, in Mozambique; if so, what, if any, salary is he paid by the Portuguese Chartered Company; is he in receipt of his full pay as an officer in the British Army; and, seeing that Beira is not a British possession, on what grounds is his extra-regimental employment justified.
§ (Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) Brevet-Colonel A. J. Arnold is in the employment of the Mozambique Company, in the capacity of Inspector of Exploitation at a salary of £1,500 a year. He draws no pay as an officer of the British Army. It was considered that the appointment of a capable officer at Beira would be a distinct advantage.