Lieutenant-Colonel Sir F. HALLasked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that under Army Orders 54/19 and 55/19 provision is made for the personnel of the Army pay offices overseas and in the United Kingdom to receive a weekly addition to their pay according to rank; if the application made on behalf of civilian paymasters performing similar work to receive this bonus has been refused; and, if so, whether, as the present state of things results in many cases in civilian acting-paymasters having under their direction and control warrant officers in receipt of pay exceeding that of those under whom they serve, he will consider the matter with a view to an equitable adjustment being made?
Captain GUESTI would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the reply given to a similar question put by the hon. and gallant Member for East Lewisham on 3rd April, to the effect that the war bonus given to the Army of Occupation is confined to commissioned officers and enlisted men whose Army service is prolonged and that it has no application to civilians who are not compulsorily retained in the Army.