§ 35. Colonel ASHLEYasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he will reconsider the decision that the gratuity under Army Order 324 of 1919 of £100 1109 per year of service in the case of officers retiring with at least ten years' service, shall not be 'payable to officers who were not serving before the date of the Army Order, 13th September, 1919, as this interpretation of the Regulation inflicts serious hardship and injustice upon officers who saw years of war service, but who may have retired shortly after the date in question, say, in January or February of this year; and whether the Regulation may now be modified and applied to all officers who have served for a substantial period in the Great War and retired with ten years' service after demobilisation had commenced?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLIt has been decided to apply the concession to all such officers retiring after the date of the Armistice.