§ MR. GIBBS (Bristol, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether, having regard to the fact that depot sergeant-majors are now done away with, and that in consequence extra work devolves upon the sergeant-majors of Special Reserve battalions, he will consider the advisability of placing them on the some footing as regards pay and pension as sergeant-majors in line battalions.
§ MR. HALDANEI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the Answer which I gave on 24th March to a similar Question by the hon. and gallant Member for the Ludlow Division of Shropshire. The matter has been fully considered, and it has been decided not to give sergeant-majors of Reserve battalions more than was given to Militia sergeant-majors, as their work will not be so onerous as that of sergeant-majors of Line battalions.