88. Sir F. HALLasked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry if, in view of the fact that on the amalgamation of the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps in 1918, warrant officers in the former Service were given the rank of second-lieutenant, and that a distinction in this matter was drawn between warrant officers in the two forces on account of the special position they occupied in the Royal Naval Air Service, where their status was similar to that of commissioned officers, as exemplified by the fact that they messed in the ward room, were entitled to a salute, etc., the period of service of warrant officers in the Royal Naval Air Service will rank for the purpose of calculating the amount of the gratuities to which they are entitled?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for AIR (Major-General Seely)The arrangement suggested by my hon. and gallant Friend is now in force.