§ VISCOUNT VALENTIA (Oxford)To ask the Secretary of State for War if, in view of an order issued to County Associations that any insurance of horses of the Territorial Force is to be made by the County Associations out of the £5 allotted per horse, officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the Territorial cavalry will be precluded from receiving from Government compensation for loss or damage to horses injured during permanent duty now granted to the Imperial Yeomanry.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) No compensation will be paid by the Government in respect of loss or damage to horses used by the Territorial Yeomanry. The grant of £5 for 15 days made to the County Associations (as against?£5 for 16 days hitherto paid) will enable the Association to take any steps (such as insurance) necessary to provide against damage or loss to hired horses. In the case of officers or men riding their own horses it is provided that the £5 shall be paid over to the officer or man on the same terms as those on which the Association receives it.