§ Major CAYZERasked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the troops who served in North Russia received pay of 2s. 6d. per day from 1st September, 1919, and on their return were granted two months' furlough on full pay and allowances; whether the 6th Battalion, Royal Marines, which were ordered to proceed to North Russia on 1st August, 1919, and were attached to the Army out there, were granted these. privileges; and, if not, whether he will state the reasons for this distinction being made between the Army and the Marines attached to the Army?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe 6th Battalion Royal Marines are entitled, as from 1st September, 1919, to the same allowance as was granted to the troops serving in North Russia. They received fourteen days' leave on return to England, and will be granted six weeks' further leave as soon as circumstances admit.