§ MR. LONSDALETo ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that, with the exception of the second-class accountants, the emoluments of the civil members of the Army Accounts Department compare most favourably with those of military officers in the Department, notwithstanding that the latter are considerably senior both in age and service; and whether he will take this matter into his consideration.
§ (Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) I am not aware that the emoluments of military officers compare unfavourably with those of civilians in any grade of the Army Accounts Department.