§ MR. SITCHasked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware of dissatisfaction and discontent among members of the Discharged and Demobilised Sailors' and Soldiers' Federation at the refusal of the Army Council to sanction any increase in the amount of war gratuities and pay for service in Class Z Reserve; and whether 1161W he can see his way to suspend the operation of that decision and favourably to consider the men's demands for larger war gratuities on the officer basis, under Article 497 of the Royal Warrant, calculated on present rates of pay, and also an advance in the rate for service in Class Z Reserve on the basis of 1st Class Army Reserve?
§ Mr. FORSTERBoth these questions have been the subject of the most careful consideration, but for reasons which have already been explained to the Federation it is not possible to make any alteration in the basis of the war gratuity or the conditions of service in Class Z of the Reserve.