Colonel HOPEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether it is the intention of the Army Council to continue paying to Regular soldiers who are retained with the Colours under Clause 2 of the Military Service Bill the £15 bounty granted under Army Order 86 of 1916; and whether the grant of this bounty will now be extended to Territorial soldiers who are retained in the Army more than twelve months after the termination of their engagement?
§ Mr. FORSTERI am unable, at the moment, to carry this further than in my statement in Debate yesterday.