§ Mr.GIBBS (Bristol, W.)To ask the Postmaster-General if an order has recently been issued to those Post Office servants who are members of the Territorial Army that the cost of providing substitutes during their absence in camp is to be provided out of their civil pay.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) The practice that prevailed under the Volunteer system, i.e., that the cost of providing substitutes, if any, was defrayed from the civil pay of the absent officer is continued under the Territorial scheme. If there is any saving the balance is paid to the officer absent at camp, while any excess cost is borne by the State.