Captain FABERasked (1) why, seeing that sergeant-trumpeters, band-sergeants, wheeler-sergeants, smith-sergeants, and cook-sergeants all draw proficiency pay, the sergeant artillery clerk is debarred from doing so; also (2) why a sergeant of the Royal Garrison Artillery receives 2d. a day more pay than a sergeant artillery clerk; and why a sergeant of the Royal Garrison Artillery performing the duties of company accountant receives 8d. a day more pay than the sergeant artillery clerks?
§ Colonel SEELYThe various sergeants mentioned in this and the other question are, in contrast with the sergeant artillery clerk, required to maintain a standard of fighting efficiency in addition to being qualified as specialists. The further 8d. which the company accountant receives is given for additional duties which the sergeant artillery clerk does not perform, and is conditional on the performance of those duties.