§ 93. Mr. RUPERT GWYNNEasked the Under-Secretary for War whether majors in the reserve of officers appointed tempoary lieutenant-colonels to command Service battalions in August, 1915, have been, as a class, made junior in rank to all substantive lieutenant-colonels who have been appointed to command Regular battalions several months afterwards; and, if so, will he give the date and substance of that Order?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONMy hon. Friend is under a misapprehension. Early in the War an Army Order was published laying down that temporary rank below that of colonel took the same precedence as corresponding substantive rank, so that the officers from the reserve of officers to whom my hon. Friend refers are senior to any officers appointed lieutenant-colonels after them.
§ 99. Mr. ARTHUR RICHARDSONasked the Under-Secretary for War if he is aware that when commissioned officers in the Territorial Force on returning from the front on sick leave report themselves off the sick list, and if the War Office cannot find them a post, they receive no pay, whereas commissioned officers of the Regular Army reporting themselves under exactly the same conditions receive half-pay; and whether he will take measures for placing both classes of officers on the same footing?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the WAR OFFICE (Mr. Forster)The question is under consideration.