§ 22. Sir J. D. REESasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that ninety-four warrant officers recalled from leave to India, and for the most part married men belonging to the Indian Army Departments, have been obliged to leave their families behind them and have not been granted the separation allowance allowed to warrant officers belonging to the British Service and to non-commissioned officers and men in the British Army on field service on and off the strength; and, if so, whether the Secretary of State proposes to take any action in the matter?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY Of STATE for INDIA (Mr. Charles Roberts)It has already been decided that the families left in this country by warrant and noncommissioned officers of Indian Army Departments recalled from leave in consequence of the War shall receive the same separation allowances from the State as the families of similar grades in the British Service.