§ Mr. T. M. HEALYasked the Under-Secretary of State for War why the outfit allowances granted to officers of the Indian Army who were on leave in this country when war broke out and were attached to units of the British Army were not also 1438W granted to those officers of the British service home on leave from units or the Indian establishment who were attached in the same way; and whether the latter officers had to supply themselves with a like campaigning outfit at their own expense, although their pay, both in peace and war, is considerably less?
Mr. BAKEROfficers of the British Army, whether in India or elsewhere, have always been liable, as a condition of their engagement, to serve in any part of the world and to maintain their uniform at their own expense.