§ Mr. MORRELLasked whether the provisions of the Military Service Act as regards time-expired Reservists include men who have made their homes in Canada and who are still paying rates and taxes there; whether, if such is the ease, these men will be allowed to proceed to Canada to join the contingents there; and whether he is aware that Canadian Reservists who have completed thirteen years' service and are being retained by the Imperial Government are receiving pay at the rate of 2s. 10½d. a day less than that which they would receive if they were allowed to re-enlist or transfer to the Canadian Army?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe answer to the first and third parts of the question is in the affirmative, and to the second part in the negative. Serving soldiers in the British Army cannot re-enlist in an Overseas contingent, and I would point out that a difference exists between the pay of all British Infantry and Canadian soldiers, and that this difference is not peculiar to those members of the British Infantry who are Reservists with homes in Canada.