§ 26. Mr. R. McNEILLasked the Undersecretary of State for War if the pay of Army chaplains is lower than that of the equivalent ranks of chaplains in the Navy; whether an Army chaplain of the third-class ranks as a major but receives under the new scale 3s. a day less than a major; whether chaplains, while holding temporary rank higher than their substantive 962 rank, do not receive like other officers the pay of that higher rank; and whether this differentiation indicates that the services of chaplains are not considered worthy of adequate remuneration?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe pay of Army and Navy chaplains was recently considered by the War Cabinet, with the result shown in the new scale. The pay of chaplains is determined by their Departmental grading, not by their relative rank. Acting promotion of a chaplain to a higher class carries pay with it.
§ 27. Mr. McNEILLasked the Under secretary of State for War whether Army chaplains are the only officers omitted from the scheme by which the pay of officers was recently increased; and for what reason they were so omitted?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe chaplains received the benefit of the over-riding minimum for officers of all arms, as well as children's allowances.