Captain CRAIGasked the Secretary of State for War whether he can state if men who at the time the Militia was converted into Special Reserve neither joined the Special Reserve nor took a free discharge, but elected to remain Militiamen, and who received their non-training bounties up to and including February, 1909, are entitled to the payment of the non-training bounty until the termination of their engagement; and, if not, do these men remain liable to service until the termination of their engagement and receive no compensation for the liability?
§ Mr. HALDANEThese men are not entitled to the payment of non-training bounty after 1st February, 1909, and in order to prevent any possible misunderstanding a notification to this effect was issued on 8th August, 1908. These men remain theoretically liable to service until their engagement terminates, but they are free to terminate it at any time.