§ 2. Colonel YATEasked the Secretary for India whether, considering that sick and wounded officers of the Indian Army employed in the South African War were given full pay at Indian rates by the Imperial Government for all the time until they were sufficiently well to rejoin their regiments again, he will suggest to the Government of India the necessity of following the example of the Imperial Government in this respect and of giving sick and wounded officers of the Indian Army engaged in the present War more generous treatment than the bare three months on full Indian pay that they now receive?
§ Mr. CHAMBERLAINI can find no record of any such concession. If it was made by the War Office, I suggest that the hon. and gallant Member should address himself to that Department.
§ Colonel YATEMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman to consider the question of giving officers of the Indian Army more generous treatment than they are now receiving?
§ Mr. CHAMBERLAINThat is not the question I was asked to answer. The question was whether, considering that certain concessions were made to the Indian Army in the South African War, I would make the same concession now? I have made careful inquiry in all directions, and I cannot find out that any such concessions were made at that time.