§ 76. Sir CHARLES OMANasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will take into consideration the proposal, supported by certain members of Territorial associations, that the economy on the expenditure of that force might be secured rather by cutting short the annual camp training by one day than by discontinuing the bonus, of which he proposes to deprive the rank and file of the force, nearly all of whom are men of modest means to whom the bonus is of importance?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSAs I stated in my speech on Army Estimates, the abolition of the bounty was not decided upon without full consideration of possible alternatives, and I can assure my hon. Friend that the question of reducing the period of annual training was not overlooked in this connection.