§ Mr. WILESasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if he will state the reason for not paying privates in the Royal Engineers stationed at Houghton Regis their wages in regular amounts from week to week instead of odd weekly amounts of 9s., 10s., and sometimes 17s.?
§ Mr. FORSTERI have made inquiries from the Officer Commanding the Signal Depot, Houghton Regis. He informs me that the men are paid regular amounts every week, and are not even allowed to accumulate savings to the end of the month. He maintains that this is the rule, and that the only exception is in the case of men joining from other companies, to whom the Officer Commanding pays what he considers the approximate amount until he is notified by the Officer Commanding of the old company of the correct rate.