§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Secretary of State for War whether the shipmasters employed by the War Office to carry on the Thames examination service under military control are entitled to a war gratuity; and, if not, if he will explain why it is refused to these gentlemen when temporary officers, who have been employed exclusively at the War Office, are receiving a war gratuity?
§ Mr. FORSTEROfficers not in receipt of the rates of pay laid down in the Pay Warrant are not entitled to the gratuity given by Regulation to those paid under the Warrant. The question of granting them some gratuity on termination of service is under consideration.