§ 4. Colonel YATEasked the Secretary of State for India whether officers both of the British and Indian Armies serving under the Indian Government proceeding from India, Mesopotamia, or Aden on duty or leave, sick or otherwise, to England, or vice, versâ, are generally granted long-sea passages and hence have to proceed at their own expense across the Continent, while, on the other hand, officers serving under the War Office, proceeding from Salonika or Egypt to England, or vice versâ, on duty or leave, are given free passage across the Continent, thus causing differentiation of treatment and unnecessary expense to those serving under the Indian Government; and whether arrangements can be made to put both Services on the same footing?
§ Mr. CHAMBERLAINUnder recent arrangements officers of the British or Indian Army proceeding from India, Mesopotamia or Aden on duty or on leave and granted free passage viâ the Mediterranean travel at the public expense through France on the same terms as officers from Salonika or Egypt.