MR. HOWARD (Cumberland, Eskdale)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether it is the practice not to grant corps pay to officers of the Army Service Corps when they are students of the staff college; and whether, in view of the fact that this involves a diminution of pay which makes impossible for officers living on their pay to attend the college, he can see his way in future to grant the pay to officers so serving.
§ MR. ACLANDCorps pay is issuable under the Regulations to officers to the Army Service Corps for every day on which they are employed on the duties of their corps; but when studying at the staff college with a view to qualifying for a beneficial appointment, they are not so employed, and like officers of other corps at the staff college they cease to receive the extra pay to which they are entitled when employed regimentally.