§ Sir J. BUTCHERasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether a soldier who has served in the Regular Army for some years before the War and during the War until he was discharged as disabled from war service is debarred from obtaining his service gratuity of £1 a year because he is in receipt of a disablement pension; and, if so, whether he will forthwith alter the Regulations so as to remove what appears to be a serious hardship?
Captain GUESTA soldier who is discharged with a permanent pension receives a gratuity of £2 on discharge. For the soldier who is discharged without permanent pension and who is therefore in greater need of some cash on re-entering civil life, a service gratuity of £1a year is provided. I do not think this arrangement constitutes serious hardship to the man permanently provided for.