§ Lieut.-Colonel POWNALLasked the Secretary of State for War why, in view of Array Order 54, laying down the bonus for a captain or a brigade-major as being 31s. 6d. per week, while a major's bonus is 35s. per week, a substantive major who is appointed brigade-major should be paid at the lower rate of 31s. 6d. when, by his Army seniority, he is entitled to 35s. bonus?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe Army Order quoted explicitly lays down the rate of 31s. 6d. for a brigade-major, whatever the substantive rank. The same rule is applied in other cases of officers holding Staff appointments and has always been followed in the case of Army allowances of all kinds.