§ 50. Sir FORTESCUE FLANNERYasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to an alleged hardship inflicted on the officers of native contingents now at the front, that whereas the officers of English Cavalry regiments now fighting in France (or Belgium) are supplied with rations and horses (with their food) free, officers of Indian regiments have to pay daily 7s. odd for their rations, also for horse-hire and for food for the horse; whether he will explain why there has been this treatment of officers of native regiments; and whether he will take steps to place them upon the same footing as officers of British regiments in regard to horses and rations?
Mr. BAKERI would refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave on the 9th instant to a similar question by the hon. Member for Nottingham East, of which I will send him a copy.