§ MR. WHITBREAD (Huntingdonshire, Huntingdon)To ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he is aware that application has been made to the Chief Accountant, Eastern Command, by the officer lately commanding the Huntingdonshire Volunteer Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, for the payment of £1,299 9s. 3d., which was earned by the battalion as capitation and other grants for the year ending 31st October, 1907, and that of this sum only £50 has been paid to the said officer; and what are the reasons for the non-payment of the remainder of the sum.
(Answered by Mr. Acland.) The legitimate debts of corps are being discharged by a grant from Army funds, so that the corps may be transferred to County Associations free of debt. No capitation grants have been paid to Volunteer corps on 1st April; the grant for 1908–9 is being paid to the County Associations on the new basis. The sum of £50 in question was an advance towards the sum required for payments of debts.