§ Major HILLSasked the Secretary of State for War whether members of the Interpreters' Corps, though subject to the same military discipline as other commissioned officers, receive the benefit of allowances for children, rations, or bonus at the end of service; and, if not, whether, seeing that members of this corps, besides their technical duties of interpreting, have to do much ordinary military duty, he will have the matter reconsidered, in order that they may be placed in the same position as other commissioned officers?
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Captain GUESTInterpreters in prisoners of war camps, to whom I understand the question to refer, are paid at special quasi-civilian rates of pay, not carrying rations, children's allowances or the gratuities given under the Pay Warrant to officers paid at Warrant rates. In this respect they are in the same position as several other classes of officers; but I will consider whether there are any sufficiently special features in their case to warrant any modification.