§ General McCALMONTasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether the award of bars to the Distinguished Service Order, announced in 2039W the "Gazette" of 3rd June last on the recommendation of the Commander-in-Chief in Palestine, are immediate awards for specific acts of gallantry, or whether bars may now be awarded for distinguished service other than specific acts of gallantry?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe awards of the bar to the Distinguished Service Order as recommended by the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief in Palestine were in respect of services of high individual gallantry and courageous leading in action on the part of the individuals to whom award was made. A bar to the Distinguished Service Order is not awarded to an officer except as prescribed in the Statutes,i.e., for "an approved act of gallantry which, if he had not received the Order, would have entitled him to it."