§ Mr. PERKINSasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether officers commanding companies in the Territorial Force, of five years' service and upwards, are required to attend a course of instruction in order that the Army allowance of £1 1s. 9d., the cost of badges and buttons occasioned by the renumbering of battalions, may be paid to them?
§ Colonel SEELYCompany officers who did not attend a course of instruction in1762W the Volunteer Force are required to do so in order to qualify for the retention of the outfit grant issued on transfer to the Territorial Force to meet the cost of alteration of uniform. The grant is not withheld pending such qualification, but is subject to refund if the officer does not qualify within three years or such extension of time as may be accorded to him.