§ 79. Mr. CROOKSasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of the great disparity of pay of Regular executive and of temporary officers arising out of the grant to the latter of corps pay and of a recent increase of regimental pay; whether he is aware that this has resulted in such anomalies as junior and more highly-paid officers of the latter class working under a senior officer of the former, or an executive captain of five or more years' standing receiving less pay than a temporary lieutenant of three months' service; and whether, in view of the feelings which exist on these points among a body of officers who have through a long period done important and responsible work, he will make inquiries into this matter and remove the anomalies which exist?
Captain GUESTI would refer my right hon. Friend to the answer given on Monday last to a question put by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Southampton, of which I am sending him a copy.