§ Lord H. CAVENDISH - BENTINCKasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether, if a man is mobilised and makes an allotment in favour of a dependant upon mobilisation, the Government allowance is paid, if dependency is proved, from the date of enlistment?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe rule is that the allowance is paid from the date of enlistment, provided the soldier's application is received within ten days; otherwise it is paid from the date of application.
§ Lord H. CAVENDISH - BENTINCKasked whether, in the case of a soldier who has made an allotment and claimed an allowance in favour of a dependant, and it is stated that the forms signed have been lost, Government allowance, if dependency is admitted, is paid from the date of the original claim or from the date of any subsequent application?
§ Mr. FORSTERIf there is satisfactory evidence that a claim was made and the form was lost, the practice is to pay the allowance from the date of the original claim.