§ Lieutenant-Colonel M'CALMONTasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will state the grounds upon which the gratuity announced for temporary Naval officers and officers of the Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve is on a lower scale than that awarded to temporary Army officers; and whether this question will be reconsidered?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe temporary Army officer will get a gratuity of 124 days' pay for the first year of service, and of 62 days' pay for each succeeding year or part of a year. The temporary Naval officer, including the officers of the Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Naval 961W Volunteer Reserve will get a gratuity of 100 days pay for the first year of service and 50 days' pay for each succeeding year or part of a year. The justification for the lower amount in. the case of the temporary Naval officer is to be found in the fact that whilst the gratuity was part of the contract with the temporary Army officer, it was an addition to the conditions of service in the case of the temporary Naval officer, and it was held to be not inequitable, because of that fact, to fix it at the lower rate.