HC Deb 17 January 1918 vol 101 cc509-10W
Mr. JOWETT

asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether a soldier who attested before the Military Service Act was passed but was not called up until after the Military Service Act came into operation, and was then attached and afterwards served in the Royal Field Artillery, is entitled to the pay of an Artilleryman if he has since been transferred against his will, and through no fault of his own, to an Infantry regiment?

Mr. FORSTER

The question of whether a soldier who is transferred from the Artillery to the Infantry retains his Artillery rate of pay depends broadly upon whether he is or is not transferred in the interests of the Service and through no fault of his own. If the hon. Member knows of a case which he considers calls for inquiry, I shall be glad to have particulars.