§ 79. Sir JOHN SPEARasked the Under-Secretary for War if he is aware that motor cyclists attached to the Devon Regiment are only paid 1s. 3d. per day, with 2d. for upkeep of kit, while motor cyclists attached to the Royal Engineers receive 3s. with allowances; whether men joining Lord Kitchener's Army for the same work are being paid 5s. per day; and, if so, whether he will consider the desirability of raising the pay of the men attached to the Devon Regiment to that received by cyclists attached to the Royal Engineers?
Mr. BAKERThe variation between the Devonshire regiment and the Royal Engineers is based on the general principle of pay according to the arm of the service to which a man belongs. The men receiving 5s. are in a different category; they were specially enlisted for service with the Expeditionary Force.