§ Colonel YATEasked the Secretary of State for India whether the applications of officers of the Indian Army Reserve of Officers for compensation for loss of kit when they were taken prisoners at Kut has been refused by the India Office, and the claim rejected as inadmissible unless the officer is called out again for training purposes; and whether, considering the special circumstances of the case, he will direct that the compensation due should be paid?
§ Mr. MONTAGUI am making inquiries into this matter.