CAPTAIN FABER (Hampshire, Andover)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether, with reference to Paragraph 576 of the Royal Warrant for Pay, which states that a sum of £14,200 a year shall be distributed for distinguished or meritorious service amongst officers of the Regular Army, he will state the number of general officers on the retired list receiving allowances from this source, the number of combatant officers under the rank of general officer receiving such allowances, and the number of medical, veterinary, and departmental officers on the retired list receiving such allowances.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) If the hon. and gallant Member will refer 486 to pages 191 to 193 of the Army Estimates for 1908–9, he will find a complete list of all officers in receipt of such allowances.