§ Sir H. NIELDasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether mili- 1300W tary foot police should receive payment for their stripes in the same manner as was done in peace-time; and whether such payment should be made to men bearing Army police numbers who have been transferred as unfit from other units?
§ Mr. FORSTERFor disciplinary purposes all privates of the Military Foot Police are given the appointment of lance-corporal; but as in other arms, both in peace and war, only a proportion of the lance-corporals are given the pay of that appointment, the remainder being paid as privates. Soldiers transferred from other units in the substantive rank of private are eligible for appointment to paid lance-corporal on the same basis as other men in the corps.