§ Captain Sir B. STANIERasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether it is the intention of His Majesty's Government that a soldier in a battalion of the East Surreys in India, who is granted a temporary Regular commission in a unit, should not receive the extra messing allowance of Rs.2 per day granted to all Territorial, New Army, and Special Reserve officers serving in India, and drawn by Territorial Force officers serving with the same battalion; whether it is in order that such an officer, when posted on commissioning to the 1st Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment at Rawal Pindi, should be entitled to the additional £20 special Indian kit allowance; and, if so, whether, after the officer had been notified while with the cadet unit that this allowance would be granted, and after it had actually been drawn, it is in order that the grant should be cancelled?
§ Mr. FORSTERIf my hon. and gallant Friend will furnish me with the officer's name, I shall be glad to make inquiries into the case.