§ Mr. LORT-WILLIAMSasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that soldiers who had left the Service prior to the outbreak of War, but who volunteered and were again accepted for service, are not entitled to the bounty of £20, given to those who were still serving in August, 1914, and who volunteered or were compulsorily held to serve, although their 644W total period of service is in many cases much longer than the thirteen years required in respect of the bounty; and whether, in view of this effect of the Regulation, he will take steps to extend the bounty to such cases?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThis matter was very fully considered at the time the Order was issued, and it was decided that the circumstances did not justify a distinction in this respect between those whose connection with the Army had ceased before the War began and the rest of the civil population.