§ 22. Colonel YATEasked the Secretary of State for India whether the bonus granted with effect from the 1st February to British officers of the Indian Army is to be granted in addition to the ordinary field service batta, and will it be granted to the next-of-kin of those officers of the Indian Army who have died of wounds or disease on service during the War?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. Herbert Fisher)Any gratuity which may be granted to British officers of the Indian Army on the termination of the War would be independent of the bonus increase of pay from 1st February last, which has already been sanctioned. The former, being a grant based on the length of each officer's active service in the War, would be payable to the estates of deceased officers, but the bonus is an allowance drawn with pay.