§ 108 Major M'CALMONTasked the Secretary of State for War (1) the amount of increase in regimental pay that a captain (of not less than twelve years' service) will receive on promotion to major under the proposed new Regulations for officers' pay; (2) whether the effect of the proposed new Regulations for increasing the pay of officers will be that a number of officers will receive a lower rate of regimental pay for a portion of their first three years' service than they would receive under present Regulations; and (3) the number of lieutenants of the Regular Army who are in receipt of the extra 1s. per diem granted after seven years' service in that rank; and whether any similar provision for officers whose promotion to captain has been unusually delayed will be included in the proposed new Regulations?
§ Colonel SEELYIn reply to this and to questions 109 and 110, I am not yet in a position to add anything to the statement which I made on the introduction of Army Estimates.