§ Captain BARNETTasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he will consider the desirability of granting to acting paymasters of the Army Pay Corps at the termination of their service a gratuity similar to that given to officers holding temporary commissions in the New Armies, and also affording them similar facilities for entering Government Departments?
Captain GUESTActing Paymasters serve on a civil contract, and are not eligible for the gratuities given under the Pay Warrant to temporary officers. The 775W question of facilities for entering Government Departments is not in the province of the War Office, but I will inquire into the possibilities of the situation and communicate with my hon. and gallant Friend.