§ 28. Major Sir Jocelyn Lucasasked the Secretary of State for War whether the German authorities allow our officer prisoners of war 60 marks a month for 1792 junior officers and 100 marks a month in the case of senior officers, as in the last war, from which 45 marks were deducted for messing; and whether any arrangements have been made for them to cash cheques or get money from England to purchase necessities; and at what rate of exchange these cheques or remittances are exchanged?
§ Mr. StanleyBritish officer prisoners of war are being paid the same rates of pay as officers of corresponding rank in the German Army, and they are receiving free rations. There has not, so far as I am aware, been any demand for money to be sent from England.
§ Sir J. LucasAre men allowed to have money sent to them for the purchase of clothes and other necessities, and can cheques be restricted in the case of officers, as in the last war there was, in certain camps, very heavy gambling, as a result of which one officer won £3,000 from his brother officers?
§ Mr. StanleyI do not think we ought to assume that money is needed for such purposes. As I say, there has been no demand for these arrangements.