§ Colonel YATEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he will consider the question of abolishing the deduction of two days' pay from each officer in the Special Reserve battalions for the maintenance of the battalion band?
§ Colonel SEELYA band is maintained by the voluntary subscriptions of officers amounting in the average to the amount stated and by a contribution from public funds. The question of assisting officers in the upkeep of the band by an increase in the Government grant has been fully considered, and there is no present intention of making any change in this respect.