§ Mr. BENNETT-GOLDNEYasked the Secretary of State for War whether officiating clergymen are paid for their services in officiating at the Sunday services known as church parades according to the value of their time or to the number of services at which they officiate, or according to the number of soldiers who are compulsorily made to attend such services?
§ Colonel SEELYOfficiating clergymen are in normal circumstances paid by capitation rates based on the average numbers borne on the strength of the garrison on each Sunday during the period of the claim.
§ Mr. BENNETT-GOLDNEYasked the Secretary of State for War whether the two words at the beginning of paragraph 1,333, King's Regulations, "every soldier," mean every officer as well as every noncommissioned officer and man; and, if so, provided there does not appear to be any good reason for treating officers differently from men with regard to regular weekly-attendances at compulsory church parades, whether all officers of all ranks are equally bound, when not prevented by military duty, by this Regulation to attend these; compulsory services?
§ Colonel SEELYThe words "every soldier" do not include officers. Officers,, however, are bound to attend church parades unless prevented by military duty or granted leave therefrom.