§ 98. Mr. NEEDHAMasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he can see his way to pay a gratuity to National Reservists who enlisted in Territorial battalions which are serving abroad, similar to those Reservists who undertook Class I. obligation who, on enlisting into the Regular Army, received gratuities?
Mr. BAKERThese gratuities were paid in respect of a specific obligation and, as I have previously explained, it is not possible to accept my hon. Friend's suggestion that the basis on which they were instituted should now be altered.