HC Deb 03 April 1917 vol 92 cc1133-4W
Mr. H. P. HARRIS

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether men who served in the Royal Engineers {Special Reserve) for several years and have been transferred to Infantry battalions have had their pay reduced, and whether he will take steps to remedy this injustice?

Mr. FORSTER

The only cases in which a soldier compulsorily transferred from one corps to another does not retain his old rate of pay if more advantageous are when the transfer is due to misconduct, inefficiency, or medical unfitness not contracted in and by the service.