§ 19. Lieutenant-Colonel DALRYMPLE-WHITEasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that a sense of grievance and injustice has been aroused in the minds of Territorial officers who, during the course of the War, accepted Regular commissions by the fact that their gratuities are based on a far lower scale than if they had continued in the Territorial Force; and whether he will take steps to remove this inequality?
§ Mr. FORSTERTerritorial Force officers who have adopted the Army as their future career receive the Regular officer's gratuity. The special gratuity issued to Territorial Force officers under Article 497 of the Royal Warrant is intended to assist them to re-establish themselves on their return to civil life.