§ 33. Colonel YATEasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office what Regulation in the Indian Army Regulations lays down the rule that au officer of the Indian Army taken prisoner of war is to be deprived of half his Staff salary after the first sixty-one days?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe Indian Army Regulations as printed make no provision for the pay of officers as prisoners of war. The Regulations referred to in my previous answer were specially made at the beginning of the War by agreement between the India Office and the War Office, as was explained in the answer which I quoted in answer to my hon. and gallant Friend's question last week.
§ Colonel YATEWill the right hon. Gentleman make a fresh agreement to give Indian officers better terms?
§ Mr. FORSTERI have looked at the question closely again, and I cannot see why, in justice, we should give officers of the Indian Army treatment substantially different from the treatment we give the officers in our own Army.
§ Colonel YATEDo not officers of the British Army get full pay whilst prisoners of war; and why should officers of the Indian Army be deprived of their fall pay?
§ Mr. FORSTERNo; the same principle is applied to both.