§ 74. Major WHELERasked the Secretary of State for War whether warrant officers of the armament section of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps who were re-enlisted for the War are not allowed to complete twenty-five years of continuous service, but are compelled to retire at the end of twenty-one years' service; whether the effect of this order is to permit these warrant officers to receive only the minimum rate of pension, viz., 3s. 6d. per day, and thus to place them at a disadvantage as compared with warrant officers of other units; and whether he will consider the granting of an increased pension allowance for these warrant officers?
Captain GUESTMy hon. and gallant Friend's question is not quite understood. If he is referring to Royal Army Ordnance Corps warrant officers who have completed their twenty-one years during the War, they are still continuing to serve, and no order to the contrary has been issued.