§ Lord CHARLES BERESFORDasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether officers who entered the Indian Army from the Royal Marines are allowed to count as service for pension more than two years of their Royal Marine service, as is the case in regard to officers transferred from British regiments to the Indian Army?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Mr. Montagu)The answer to the Noble Lord's question is in the negative, but the Secretary of State is now in correspondence with the Admiralty regarding a proposal to permit such officers to count as service for pension more than two years of their Royal Marine service.