§ Lord CHARLES BERESFORDasked if it is proposed to grant separation allowance to the wives and children of commissioned officers in the Army; and, if so, what will be the scale for each rank?
Mr. BAKERIn view of the announcement made by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on Monday last, as to an increase in officers' pay, it is not proposed to make such grants.
§ Mr. BOYTONasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether a paymaster is justified in declining to pay to a soldier's 436W wife an allowance of 7s. a week to which she is entitled under a separation order issued against her husband prior to his enlistment by a police magistrate; and, if so, will he state the method by which the wife can proceed to enforce payment?
§ Mr. H. BAKERThe magistrate's order should be sent to the General Officer Commanding, under whose command the man is serving. Under the Army Act the General Officer Commanding has power to make a stoppage of 6d. a day from the man's pay to meet the sum due under the order.