§ Viscount WOLMERasked the Secretary of State for War whether, in order to remove a sense of injustice among Regular soldiers, he will arrange that an Army Council Instruction be issued to the effect that any soldier serving continuously on a normal Army engagement who has, since 4th August, 1914, re-engaged or agreed to continue in the Service and who has thereby forfeited service pay, will resume service pay as from the date he ceased to draw it, and will retain it until the declaration of peace?
Captain GUESTService pay is a moribund emolument. It is laid down in the Pay Warrant that soldiers who enter on a new engagement must give up service pay and accept the current emoluments in lieu, and I regret that I see no cause to depart from this rule in the cases cited by my Noble Friend.