§ MR. WILKIE (Dundee)To ask the Secretary of State for War, if the new Territorial regiments, which are taking the place of the Volunteer force, are to have experienced quartermasters attached to them, having in view the financial saving and efficiency achieved by those battalions who appointed such officers in the Volunteer force; and, if so, whether funds will be placed at the disposal of the commanding officer or associations to provide salaries for such officers.
§ (Mr. Secretary Haldane.) A quartermaster is borne on the infantry establishment, who is a member of the Territorial Force. He will receive pay as a quartermaster of the Regular Army during training in camp. It is hoped that many of the duties hitherto performed by Volunteer quartermasters will now be performed by the Associations, since one of the objects of the scheme is to relieve units of financial responsibility. No special grant has been made for a salary. If any payment for duty outside the period of annual training in camp is necessary it will be met from the association grants.