§ Mr. HADDOCKasked the Under-Secretary for War whether officers and men of the Army Service Corps were granted medals issued in connection with the Coronation of King Edward VII.; and whether they will be granted medals issued in connection with the Coronation of His Majesty King George V.?
§ Colonel SEELYOn the occasion of the Coronation of King Edward VII. the Army Service Corps received forty-nine medals, receiving the medal under the same conditions as the rest of the Regular Army. They have again received a similar number of medals in connection with the Coronation of King George V., this being the proper proportion calculated on the relative establishment of the corps to the establishments of the rest of the Army.
§ Mr. HADDOCKalso asked what number of officers and men of the Army Service Corps were performing duty in London at the time of the Coronation?
§ Colonel SEELYFifty officers and 606 other ranks were performing duty in London at the time of the Coronation.
§ Mr. HADDOCKasked why any distinction is made between the Army Service Corps and other troops, seeing that officers and men of the Army Service Corps are granted medals for active service?
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§ Colonel SEELYNo distinction has been drawn between the Army Service Corps and other troops in respect of the grant of medals for the recent Coronation.
§ Mr. HADDOCKlikewise asked whether there is anything in their conditions of service which debars officers and men of the Army Service Corps from being granted medals in the same manner as other troops performing duty in connection with the Coronation?
§ Colonel SEELYThe answer is in the negative.